The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.

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.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

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.

It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves.