"Now the Caspian Sea is apart by itself, not having connection with the other Sea: for all that Sea which the Hellenes…"

"When this response reached Croesus, it afforded him far more pleasure than anything else the oracle had told him, bec…"

"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or …"

"It was a kind of Cadmean victory."

"I am going to talk at some length about Egypt, because it has very many remarkable features and has produced more mon…"

"From great wrongdoing there are great punishments from the gods."

"In peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons."

"For if one should propose to all men a choice, bidding them select the best customs from all the customs that there a…"

"It is better to be envied than pitied."

"I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place."