It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
The half is greater than the whole.