Sophocles

Stranger in a strange country, a man without a friend.

There is no greater evil than men's self-willed ways.

The long contest strips him even of pity.

Success is the sole earthly judge of the rightness of a course.

I have no strength to clasp the hope you offer.

What is pleasure to the tormented mind or spirit?

Evil things are easy, and have wings; while good things are difficult and heavy.

The man who has never been flogged has never been taught.

A cure for evils seldom cures the evils.

Fear? What have I to fear? My fortune is dust.

The tyrant is a child of Pride.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

War never slays a bad man in its course.

It is not righteousness to outrage a brave man dead.

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

The happiest man is he who knows no misfortune.

Kinship by suffering binds more closely than any other.

A remedy too strong for the disease will destroy the patient.

The bold are helpless without wise counsel.

I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good.