To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

A man with courage has every blessing.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.