Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.

Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.