Cleverness is not wisdom.
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
Virtue proceeds through effort.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
There is the sky, which is all men’s together.
Prosperity is full of friends.
You will not achieve happiness if you don’t work hard; and it’s a shame not to want to work hard.