Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.

All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.

Be bold, take courage... and be strong of soul