If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.