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

Only fools need suffer to learn.

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

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

The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

The half is greater than the whole.