Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.

The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

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

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.