Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.
What can they suffer that do not fear to die?
The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.
It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.