Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.Collection: Men
The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.Collection: Children
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.Collection: Trust
One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.Collection: Business
Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.Collection: Mind
Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.Collection: Youth
Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.Collection: Men
Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.Collection: Men
When we are dead; rugs are no richer than a quick-thorn bed.Collection: Death
Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !Collection: Worship You
Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust, And for an idle, transitory gust Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay With long repentance at a later day.Collection: Revenge
Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.Collection: Character
Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself.Collection: Men
To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.Collection: Men