Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Not even old age knows how to love death.
There is a time when even justice brings harm.