There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
There is no success without hardship.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
Better not to exist than live basely.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.