“Always having what we wantmay not be the best good fortuneHealth seems sweetestafter sickness, foodin hunger, goodnessin the wake of evil, and at the endof daylong labor sleep.”

“If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods.”

“You cannot step into the same river twice”

“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”

“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.”

“People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.”

“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”

“To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.”

“The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.”

“Change alone is unchanging.”

“There is nothing permanent except change.”