 Death is softer by far than tyranny. |
| Excessive fear is always powerless. |
| In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. |
| What good is it to live a life that brings pains? |
| A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. |
| Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. |
| From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. |
| Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. |
| His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be. |
| For hostile word let hostile word be paid. |
| The man whose authority is recent is always stern. |
| For children preserve the fame of a man after his death. Topics: Children |
| God always strives together with those who strive. |
| What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth? |
| I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. |
| Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind. |
| Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. |
| I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. |
| Wisdom comes alone through suffering. |
| For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. |
