Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.
Democracy is better than tyranny.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.
Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.