Silence is often advantageous.
MENANDERLet bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
More Menander Quotes
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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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The good man makes others good.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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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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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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