Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
None but himself can be his parallel.
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
We can't all do everything.
He enters the port with a full sail.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
