I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

Quote by Aeschylus

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

The words of truth are simple.

The words of truth are simple.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to...

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to...

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim...

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim...

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Fear those who fear not God

Fear those who fear not God

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do