Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
SOPHOCLESTo the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
More Sophocles Quotes
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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