In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
There seems to be some pleasure for women in sick talk of one another.
When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!
The lucky person passes for a genius.
Ignorance of one’s misfortunes is clear gain.
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
Enough is abundance to the wise.
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
Your very silence shows you agree.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride – nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
Few have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away.
Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.
Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.