A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.