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

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

Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

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

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.