Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel..

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further..

Memory is the mother of all wisdom..

The wisest of the wise may err..

Wisdom comes alone through suffering..

There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart..

Hungry wailing standeth not aloof..

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old..

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipe….

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts..

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow..

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along..

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting..

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man..

Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth..

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?.

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe..

Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight..

He hears but half who hears one party only..

[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon….

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift..