Those griefs smart most which are seen to be of our own choice.
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came