To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

Quote by Aeschylus

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters...

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters...

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

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

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

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...

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted...

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted...

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

Know not to revere human things too much.

Know not to revere human things too much.

The wisest of the wise may err.

The wisest of the wise may err.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only...

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only...

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

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...

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.