Plutarch

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

These Macedonians are a rude and clownish people; they call a spade a spade.

Pewien Lakończyk na widok człowieka zbierającego datki dla bogów, powiedział: "Nic mnie nie obchodzą bogowie, którzy są biedniejsi ode mnie."

Kiedy zgasi się świece, wszystkie kobiety pięknieją.

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose. -- from Of the Training of Children

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Trzeba żyć, a nie tylko istnieć.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.