That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

Mercy often inflicts death.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.