When a man is willing and eager, the Gods join in.
Aeschylus
Profession: Poet Nationality: Greek
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
Exiles feed on hope.
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth even for the old.
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
The wisest of the wise may err.