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.
The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
The good befriend themselves.
Nobody loves life like an old man.