From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
Ask the gods nothing excessive.
The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.