Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.

The brave endure their labors, the cowardly are worth the cowards nothing at all.

Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.

He is life's liberating force. He is release of limbs and communion through dance. He is laughter, and music in flutes. He is repose from all cares -- he is sleep! When his blood bursts from the grape and flows across tables laid in his honor to fuse with our blood, he gently, gradually, wraps us in shadows of ivy-cool sleep.

The wife should yield in all things to her lord

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.