Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
To err from the right path is common to mankind.
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man.
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.