He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.

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.

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.