And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives as not to abuse or waste the reputation of your ancestors, knowing that to a man who has any self-respect, nothing is more dishonourable than to be honoured, not for his own sake, but on account of the reputation of his ancestors.

Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.

Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.

If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul

Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.