Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.

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

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

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

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