Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.
The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.