One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust, And for an idle, transitory gust Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay With long repentance at a later day.

Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.