Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

A man is nothing but breath and shadow.

Time is a kindly God.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

I write a woman's oaths in water.

Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)