Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

It is not righteousness to outrage

The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.