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.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.

No grief reaches the dead.

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.