"One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are few."

"We struggle onward, ignorant and blind,"

"χρήματα μὲν δαίμων καὶ παγκάκῳ ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν, Κύρν᾽: ἀρετῆς δ᾽ ὀλίγοις ἀνδράσι μοῖρ᾽ ἕπεται."

"Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man."

"The lucky man is honored ..."

"Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this dir…"

"Don’t wag the tail of life if it goes well,"

"Too many tongues have gates which fly apart Too easily, and care for many things That don’t concern them."

"Πάντων μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον μηδ' ἐσιδεῖν αὐγὰς ὀξέος ἠελίου, φύντα δ' ὅπως ὤκιστα πύλας Ἀίδαο περῆσαι κ…"

"ἀμφ' ἀρετῇ τρίβου, καί τοι τὰ δίκαια φίλ’ ἔστω,"