Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.
To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?