If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

Let the punishment match the offense.

A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.