Euripides

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

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.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

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

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

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

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

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

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.

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

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

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

No one is happy all his life long.

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

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

No one who lives in error is free.

Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

Authority is never without hate.

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

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

Prosperity is full of friends.

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

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.

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

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

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

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Much effort, much prosperity.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

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

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

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

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

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

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

Leave no stone unturned.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

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

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

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.