Statius quotes:

Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.

Fear first made gods in the world.

Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly. [Lat., Ne frena animo permitte calenti; Da spatium, tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat Impetus.]

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.

A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]

A short reign does not spare the masses.

Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Heaven forbids that man should know What change tomorrow's fate may bring.

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

Left behind as a memory for us. [Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]

They send their shout to the stars. [Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]

What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.