Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

It will not always be summer: build barns.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

Let go of your daughter with grace and you'll find her calling on you with joy.

They say love inspires. Guess what inspires more? An enemy.

The Only God 'up there' is Unity of Everything, in Quintessence. Other fancies, gods and fairies are the nansy-pansies of simpletons, or is just plain-simple nonsense.

Never agree to say or do anything that isn't you.

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel,” he said, very still and unmoving. “Always jumping to the wrong conclusion. You’re like a frog, you know.

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.

But, when tales of the cosmos are told, this period of ours may always be recalled as that in which men first came to realise what a violent universe we inhabit.

In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and deities are all Maya.