Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
MENANDERBy associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
More Menander Quotes
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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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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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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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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Whom the gods love dies young.
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