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

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

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

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

If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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.