Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SOPHOCLESWhom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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