Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.

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.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

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.

Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.