“Silence is an ornament for women.”

“A human being is only breath and shadow.”

“Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.”

“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”

“Alas! how terrible it is to know, Where no good comes of knowing!”

“Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise! This I knew well, but had forgotten it, else I would not have come here.”