The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year.