I Am Master Of Myself As Of

The Subject Of A Good Tragedy Must Not Be Realistic.

Every Brave Man Is A Man Of His Word; To Such Base Vices He Cannot Stoop, And Shuns More Than Death The Shame Of Lying.

One Often Calms One's Grief By Recounting It.

Ah, Though A Roman, I Am Not Less A Man.

Just As We Never Taste Happiness In Perfection, Our Most Fortunate Successes Are Mixed With Sadness. So Too We Never Taste Sadness Completely, As Things Could Always Be Worse In Some Way And For This We Can Be Grateful.