The good befriend themselves.
SOPHOCLESI am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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In season, all is good.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Who seeks shall find.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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