What greater wound is there than a false friend?
I write a woman's oaths in water.
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.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.