Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

In soft regions are born soft men.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Great things are won by great dangers.

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.