Nobody loves life like an old man. A short saying oft contains much wisdom. It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced. War loves to seek its victims in the young. If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
The truth is always the strongest argument. The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily. Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. No oath too binding for a lover. Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.