Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

Stranger in a strange country.

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.

Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.