In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.
The wife should yield in all things to her lord.
There is safety in numbers.
Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.
You women are all the same, if bed’s all right, You think everything else can go to the wind. But if there’s any infringement of your bed-rights, Then fair is foul and all hell’s let loose.
Common sense is the best prophet.
Numbers are a fearful thing.
Action achieves more than words.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
It would not be better if men got what they wanted.
It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.
Sound judgement, with discernment, is the best of seers.
When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.
Let mortal man keep to his own Mortality, and not expect too much.
For the weariest road that man may wend Is forth fromn the home of his father.
Wine enlivens the human soul.
Gods should not resemble men in their anger!
It is better to die on your feet than be called for offensive pass interference.
The childless escape much misery.
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.