The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.