The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work..

Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark our actions, good or bad, ….

...Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this l….

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things..

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer..

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace..

This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end..

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man..

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage..

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one..

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart..

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray..

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue..

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wea….

Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast..

Peace is a nursing mother to the land..

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds..

Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season..

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner..

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin..