They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.

Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.