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

What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.

I write a woman's oaths in water.