He Is A Wise Man Who Does

Exceed Due Measure, And The Most Delightful Things Become The Least Delightful.

And Be Silent For The Most Part, Or Else Make Only The Most Necessary Remarks, And Express These In Few Words. But Rarely, And When Occasion Requires You To Talk, Talk, Indeed, But About No Ordinary Topics. Do Not Talk About Gladiators, Or Horseraces, Or Athletes, Or Things To Eat Or Drink - Topics That Arise On All Occasions; But Above All, Do Not Talk About People, Either Blaming, Or Praising, Or Comparing Them.

You May Fetter My Leg, But Zeus Himself Cannot Get The Better Of My Free Will.

Common And Vulgar People Ascribe All Ills That They Feel To Others; People Of Little Wisdom Ascribe To Themselves; People Of Much Wisdom, To No One.

I Am Always Content With What Happens; For I Know That What God Chooses Is Better Than What I Choose.