Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
— Sophocles
Who seeks shall find.
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
There is no success without hardship.
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Success is dependent on effort.
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
For the dead there are no more toils.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
Without labor nothing prospers.
A lie never lives to be old.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
