“It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.”

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Simple is the speech of truth.

By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.

Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.

When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.

There is no avoidance in delay.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Give me an answer which is plain to understand.

Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Call no man happy till he is dead.