Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.