To learn is to be young, however old.
Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain.
Only through suffering do we learn.
They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
Don’t you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
The words of truth are simple.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
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.
Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.