A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.
Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.
Love's dominion, like a kings, admits of no partition.
Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.