It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
In soft regions are born soft men.
The gods love to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
