One should either share the good fortunes of another, or have no part in his misfortunes.

One should either share the good fortunes of another, or have no part in his misfortunes. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 105.

Image: Detail of the fresco Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paullus by Jacopo Ripanda, between 1508 and 1513 at the Capitoline Museum in Rome, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Jean-Pol Grandmont.