There is naught so terrible to describe, be it physical pain or heaven-sent affliction, that man’s nature may not have to bear the burden of it. (View Highlight)
Great prosperity abideth not amongst mankind; but some power divine, shaking it to and fro like the sail of a swift galley, plunges it deep in the waves of grievous affliction, boisterous and deadly as the waves of the sea. (View Highlight)
wisdom is shown in clearness, not in obscurity. (View Highlight)
Always to respect one’s kith and kin is a custom in Hellas. (View Highlight)
His is an enviable lot, who is blest in his children, and does not find himself brought into evil notoriety. (View Highlight)
I ought to stand by the author of my being rather than the woman who undertook to rear me. (View Highlight)
A blessed life those mortals lead who make wise marriages; but those who wed unhappily are alike unfortunate in their public and private concerns. (View Highlight)
There are occasions when silence would be better than speech; there are others when the reverse holds good. (View Highlight)
A long statement has advantages over a short one and is more intelligible to listen to. (View Highlight)
That is like the tribe of heralds; they always trip across to the lucky side; whoso hath influence in the city or a post in the government, he is the friend for them. (View Highlight)
for when a man with a pleasing trick of speech, but of unsound principles, persuades the mob, it is a serious evil to the state; (View Highlight)
there is nothing better than a trusty friend, neither wealth nor princely power; mere number is a senseless thing to set off against a noble friend. (View Highlight)
for the gods by means of Helen’s loveliness embroiled Troy and Hellas, causing death thereby, that they might lighten mother Earth of the outrage done her by man’s excessive population. (View Highlight)