It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.

Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.