Periander quotes:

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Freedom is a clear conscience.

Practice is everything

Democracy is better than tyranny.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).

The useful and the beautiful are never separated.