Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.
Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.
There exists no more difficult art than living.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher