Euripides (Eurypides)

Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams,and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world?

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

All other woes a woman bears are minor But lose her husband! - might as well be dead.

Nie wydawaj wyroku, zanim nie wysłuchasz przeciwnej strony.

Don't judge, until you hear both sides.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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

The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Second thoughts are ever wiser.

Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.

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

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

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

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