Each man the architect of his own fate.

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

Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.

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.

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.

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.