Not even the gods fight against necessity.
There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.
We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.
Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.
What is life without the joy of Love?
A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.