Euripides

Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

Authority is never without hate.

It's not beauty, but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

Danger gleams, like sunshine, to a brave man's eyes.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

To persevere trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

Leave no stone unturned.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul, that swore.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

Much effort much prosperity.

Luckier than one's neighbor but still not happy.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

No one is truly free they are a slave to wealth fortune the law or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

Prosperity is full of friends.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

No one who lives in error is free.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop, there is no wind that always blows a storm.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast not our gold.

In misfortune which friend remains a friend?

This is slavery not to speak one's thought.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future.

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

No one is happy all his life long.

There is the sky which is all men's together.

Love is all we have the only way that each can help the other.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Events will take their course it is no good of being angry at them, he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.

Silver and gold are not the only coin, virtue too passes current all over the world.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

Down on your knees and thank heaven fasting for a good man's love.

Youth is the best time to be rich and the best time to be poor.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

Forgive son, men are men, they needs must err.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that and live that way you are really a wise man.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

Friends show their love in times of trouble not in happiness.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.