All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
In soft regions are born soft men.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own