Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
The gods love to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
In soft regions are born soft men.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
