“Where there exists the most ardent and true love, it is often better to be united in death than separated in life.”
- Valerius Maximus
“I would appeal to Philip, she said, but to Philip sober.”
“The divine wrath is slow indeed in vengeance, but it makes up for its tardiness by the severity of the punishment.”
“He [Xenocrates] said that he had often repented speaking, but never of holding his tongue.”
“He (Solon) considered that no one ought to be called happy as long as he was alive.”
