Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Friends Quotes

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's...

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's...

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial...

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial...

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The wildest colts make the best horses.