Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.

Those griefs smart most which are seen to be of our own choice.

Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.

For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.