Happy the man who can count his sufferings.
The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.