Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. |
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. |
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful. |
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. |
The man who does ill must suffer ill. |
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. |
If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. |
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? |
I know how men in exile feed on dreams. |
Time as he grows old teaches all things. |
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually. |
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. |
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. |
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. |
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. |
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. |
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths. |
Whoever is new to power is always harsh. |
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering. |
Call no man happy till he is dead. |