But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.

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

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.