Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Without labor nothing prospers.
There is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
It is best to live however one can be.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
Evil gains work their punishment.
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Seize the hour.
A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking.
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.