I write a woman's oaths in water.
I was not born to share the hate, but love.
Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live; For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?
Thou shalt not ration justice.
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
What men have seen they know; But what shall come hereafter No man before the event can see, Nor what end waits for him.
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
Evil gains work their punishment.
Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
As they say of the blind, Sounds are the things I see.
The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
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