I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows; the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first; but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.