What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.

The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often gives pleasure, often pain, not wishing the latter, but not shunning it either, if he deems it best.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements.

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.