Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

Too much zeal offends where indirection works.

For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.

There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.