It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
Stranger in a strange country.
To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.
If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.