O you who have borne even heavier things, to these too, God will grant an end!
We are not all able to do all things.
That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
Rumor goes forth at once, Rumor than whom No other speedier evil thing exists; She thrives by rapid movement, and acquires Strength as she goes; small at the first from fear, She presently uplifts herself aloft, And stalks upon the ground and hides her head Among the clouds.