The happiest life is to be without thought

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.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Kindness begets kindness evermore.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.