Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
To learn is to be young, however old.
Number, the most excellent of all inventions.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.