I once read that the Devil studied Basque for seven years and only learned two words. - L. Sprague de Camp

'The first in banquets, but the last in battle,'" quoted Pyrron. "Still and all, he suffered from the king's disease."
"What is that?"
"Self-conceit, which, as the proverb says, leads to self-destruction.

Not even a god, they say, could be at once wise and in love.

You make it sound wonderful, sir. Could I but be sure…”
“Wait to be sure of anything and you will find yourself looking out through the sides of a funerary urn, your quest unaccomplished.