There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;No wisdom but in submission to the gods.Big words are always punished,And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
The ideal conditionWould be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct;But since we are all likely to go astray,The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
Be neither too remote nor too familiar.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare – I have no use for him either.