Time is a game played beautifully by children.

War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.

The people should fight for the law as for their city wall.

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."

There is harmony in the tension of opposites, as in the case of the bow and lyre.