Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
SOLONConsider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
SOLONRich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
SOLONSpeech is the mirror of action.
SOLONLet no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
SOLONRule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
SOLONWealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
SOLONMany evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
SOLONIn all things that you do, consider the end.
SOLONAngels are winged with God’s power.
SOLONI grow old, ever learning many things.
SOLONMen keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
SOLONJustice, even if slow, is sure.
SOLONFor often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
SOLONWhat thou seest, speak of with caution.
SOLONIf all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
SOLONAs I grow older, I constantly learn more.
SOLON