"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie"
"The wisest of the wise may err"
"Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts"
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered"
"If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents"
"If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful"
"For know that no one is free, except Zeus"
"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 wipes the picture away"
"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense"
"Time as he grows old teaches all things"
"The man who does ill must suffer ill"
"When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?"
"We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity"
"Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune"
"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm"
"Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things"
"Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel"
"In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house"
"I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery"
"God always strives together with those who strive"
"And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin"
"Wisdom comes alone through suffering"
"Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?"
"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath"
"It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted"
"In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend"
"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune"
"For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness"
"For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends"
"For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone"
"By Time and Age full many things are taught"
"And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain"
"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"
