To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
The noblest of the elements is water
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.