But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years. - Sophocles

Never to have been born is best.
Everyone knows that, and a close second,
once you have appeared in this life, is a quick
return, as soon as you can, to where you came from.
In our light-headed youth we carry
blithe ideas, not knowing what blows await,
what hardships are bearing down, closer and closer.
Murder, hatred, strife, resentment, and
envy are lurking, and then, behind them, bitter old age,
powerless, friendless, with evils our only neighbors.

Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.

Evil sometimes seems good To a man whose mind A god leads to destruction.