In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
The gods play games with men as balls.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.