When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.

The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.