Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right.
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
In a just cause the weak o'ercome the strong.
A lie never lives to be old.
Nobody loves life like an old man.
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
War loves to seek its victims in the young.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily.
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
No oath too binding for a lover.
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.
Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
To touch the quick.
Success is dependent on effort.