To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.

False words do not bring forth fruit.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.