"Ἅπαντα τὰ ζητούμεν᾽ ἐξευρίσκεται, ἂν μὴ προαποστῇς μηδὲ τὸν πόνον φύγῃς· ὅπου γὰρ εὑρήκασιν ἄνθρωποί τινες μέρος τι τ…"

"Once thou art wed, no longer canst thou be Lord of thyself."

"Of all thy blessings reckon wealth the least, For 'tis the least secure of our possessions."

"Though Fortune now be smiling, it behoves To look ahead, nor e'er to trust in Fortune."

"Not in vain oaths should prudent men believe, But put their trust in actions."

"Most wise men were agreed that it were best Not to be born, but if that may not be, Then with the least delay to reac…"

"Ἄνθρωπ’, ἀπολεῖς με. τῶν γὰρ ἐκ τῆς ποικίλης στοᾶς λογαρίων ἀναπεπλησμένος νοσεῖς· "ἀλλότριόν ἐσθ’ ὁ πλοῦτος ἀνθρώπῳ,…"

"Ὁ Πανταλέων μὲν αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς ξένους τούς τ᾿ ἀγνοοῦντας αὐτὸν ἐπλάνα, καὶ σχεδὸν ἀπεκραιπάλα τὰ πλεῖστα τοῦ γελάσ…"

"Ἐπαρίστερ´ ἔμαθες, ὦ πόνηρε, γράμματα· ἀνέστροφέν σου τὸν βίον τὰ βιβλία· πεφιλοσόφηκας γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λαλῶν, οἷς οὐθέ…"

"Καὶ τόδε Δημοδόκου· Χῖοι κακοί· οὐχ ὁ μέν, ὃς δ᾽ οὔ· πάντες, πλὴν Προκλέους· καὶ Προκλέης δὲ Χίος."