How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
The gods love those of ordered soul.
I write a woman’s oaths in water.
In a just cause it is right to be confident.
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
Let every man in mankind’s frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
Remember there is no success without hard work.
Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.
For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s own life, which one loves best.
No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he’s down. Where’s the glory, killing the dead twice over?
The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
Those griefs smart most which are seen to be of our own choice.
To women silence gives their proper grace.
Know’st not whate’er we do is done in love?
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let’s just say I’ve been accused of folly by a fool.
Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer;.