A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

Quote by Hesiod

Topics: Self Restraint Quotes

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great...

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great...

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...