"What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere."

"The gods commend the bold."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim."

"Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together."