"Do not speak fast, for that shows folly."

“Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.”

“You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature.”

“Cherish wisdom as a means of travelling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession.”

“Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.”

“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.”

“Speak of the Gods as they are.”