It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
MENANDERFortune 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.
More Menander Quotes
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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The good man makes others good.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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