Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.