Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
The old are in a second childhood.
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.