If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

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

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.