Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

What is life without the joy of Love?

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.