"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."

"Vincit amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido."

"There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change."

"The gods behold all things."

"The timid lover is rarely victorious."