Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.

Everything is ideal to its parent.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.

Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.