The result justifies the deed.
Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.
Daring is not safe against daring men.
Excessive love in loathing ever ends.
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.