Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

Laziness is the mother of all evils.