Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in

Excessive fear is always powerless

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain

I know how men in exile feed on dreams

The reward of suffering is experience