"Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men."

"I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow."

"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."

"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."

"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."

"If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free."

"If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too."

"Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is."

"It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth."