Uneven numbers are the gods' delight.

Want of pluck shows want of blood

Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

In his deepest heart there surge tremendous shame and madness mixed with sorrow and love whipped on by frenzy and a courage aware of its own worth.

He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind.