Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Everyone’s quick to blame the alien.

Authority is never without hate.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Time as he grows old teaches all things.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

To be free from evil thoughts is God’s best gift.

To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Time brings all things to pass.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.