Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.

God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.