Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

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

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.

He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another

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

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.