Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time. These lines are from a section of doubtful or spurious fragments.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

He hears but half who hears one party only.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.

Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.