There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.

Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.

Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another.