What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Excessive fear is always powerless.
The words of truth are simple.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
