Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came

Knowledge must come through action.

Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.

The gods love those of ordered soul.

Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.