Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man.