Menander Quotes

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.

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.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.