One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.