Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger takes precautions against it and destroys it.
So long as he was personally present, [Alcibiades] had the perfect mastery of his political adversaries; calumny only succeeded in his absence.