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

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

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

Only fools need suffer to learn.

He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.