Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.