Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that...

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Prosperity is full of friends.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another’s happiness.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

Know not to revere human things too much.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

No one is happy all his life long.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

The words of truth are simple.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another’s might.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy’s hand, when you hate mutually.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Friends show their love in times of trouble.