The freedom of poetic license.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

Fortune helps the brave.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.

Charity begins at home.