“Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.”

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

The tyrant is a child of pride.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?

The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.