The workman still is greater than his work.
MENANDERA man that runs away may fight again.
More Menander Quotes
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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