The noblest of the elements is water
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.