Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.