"Beginning of the teaching for life, The instructions for well-being . . . Knowing how to answer one who speaks, To re…"

"The truly silent, who keep apart, He is like a tree grown in a meadow. It greens, it doubles its yield, It stands in …"

"Do not set your heart on wealth . . . Do not strain to seek increases, What you have, let it suffice you. If riches c…"

"Ὑπναλέην δὲ ἀθρήσας Διόνυσος ἐρημαίην Ἀριάδνην θαύματι μῖξεν ἔρωτα·"

"Αἴθε βέλος γενόμην ἢ δίκτυον ἠὲ φαρέτρη, αἴθε βέλος γενόμην θηροκτόνον, ὄφρά με γυμναῖς χερσὶν ἐλαφρίσσειεν· ὀπισθοτό…"

"Χερσὶ γυναιμανέεσσιν ἐμῆς μὴ ψαῦε φαρέτρης· τόξον ἔχω, σὺ δὲ θύρσον·"

"وَإِنَّمَا الْأُمَمُ الْأَخْلَاقُ مَا بَقِيَتْ / فَإِنْ هُمُ ذَهَبَتْ أَخْلَاقُهُمْ ذَهَبُوا"

"Leave the courageous here and everywhere."

"To maintain immaculate speech, often times silence is required."

"Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly."