To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals..

Time cleanses what it touches over time..

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar..

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone..

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired..

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature..

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality..

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer..

Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end..

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing..

Know not to revere human things too much..

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune..

Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it..

To many mortals silence great gain brings..

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly..

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend..

The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the ….

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls..

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths..

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise..

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof..