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.
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. See Shakespeare, Hamlet, Quotation 78 .