We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.
If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."
We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.