If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.
The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.
Love, you mock us for your sport.
I was not born to share the hate, but love.
Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
It is not righteousness to outrage.
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
To revive sorrow is cruel.
To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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.