The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.
Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life.
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.