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.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.