Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.

To err from the right path is common to mankind.

A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.

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.

For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.