Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Quote by Aeschylus

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

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...

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I...

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I...

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging...

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging...

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of...

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of...

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

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.

Know not to revere human things too much.

Know not to revere human things too much.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My...

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...