He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

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.

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.

The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.

Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.