"Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things."

"Every man's last day is fixed. Brief and irreparable is the time of life for all."

"Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate."

"Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."

"Death twitches my ear; 'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming.'"