Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
None love the messenger who brings bad news.