To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.
Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.
No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?
Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.
The end excuses any evil.
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.