If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

While we wait for life, life passes

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

The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves.

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.

Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.