Freedom is a clear conscience.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.
The useful and the beautiful are never separated.
Democracy is better than tyranny.
Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).
The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.