Wealth the most excellent of all gods.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.

The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

Today things are better than yesterday.

Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.