Learn to obey before you command.
— Solon
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
Speech is the mirror of action.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
I grow old learning something new every day.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.
