You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.