Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes; the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.