But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
