The words of truth are simple.
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
When a man's willing and eager God joins in.
Ask the gods nothing excessive.
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that th...
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart Said when he saw the fashion of the shaft 'With our own feathers not by others' hands Are we now smitten.'
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
But there is a cure in the house,and not outside it, no,not from others but from them,their bloody strife. We sing to you,dark gods beneath the earth.
The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun...
To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the...
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.