Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e’er be given to man.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Call no man happy till he is dead.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.
Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.
I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.
Success is man’s god.
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.