Opportunity has power over all things.
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.
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.