Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.