Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Fair peace is becoming to men; fierce anger belongs to beasts.

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

Only the mind cannot be sent into exile.

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.

Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.