I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.

Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.