One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

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

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Your very silence shows you agree.

In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.