We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
Love is a kind of warfare.
Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.