Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.
Nothing is ours except time.
It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.