Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.
A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.
Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.
Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.