By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

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.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

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

The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?

It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.