Ask the gods nothing excessive.
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.