Euripides

Events will take their course, it is not we who will change them.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

The wise man is he who overcomes his passions.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

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

The greatest honor is won by aiding the state.

Mortal, born of woman, brief thy span.

Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness.

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

No one is truly free, he is only tolerated.

The children have become their parents.

Toil is the sire of fame.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Anger is an evil thing.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.