And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

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