To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.