The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.