Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women.
Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate.
To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.