Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.
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.
It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.