A companion's words of persuasion are effective.
A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes ...
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
A small rock holds back a great wave.
A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
All men have need of the gods.
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
By their own follies they perished, the fools.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.
