Bias of Priene quotes:

Speak of the Gods as they are.

Hear much; speak little.

Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.

Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

The majority is wicked.

What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone.

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.

It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.

Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.