Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.

So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality must survey.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.