 Reason is God's crowning gift to man. |
| There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. |
| It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. |
| For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. |
| Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution. |
| There is a time when even justice brings harm. |
| Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. |
| If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. |
| Not even old age knows how to love death. Topics: Age |
| No man loves the bearer of bad tidings. |
| If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright. |
| I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely. |
| Better not to exist than live basely. |
| Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. |
| The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. |
| Despair often breeds disease. |
| There is nothing more hateful than bad advice. |
| I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow. |
| It is best to live however one can be. |
| If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping. |
