Aeschylus

“God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.”

“What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?”

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

“My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.”

“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.”

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”

“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”

“Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.”

“When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?”

“In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.”

“By Time and Age full many things are taught.”

“It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”

“To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.”

“Call no man happy till he is dead.”

“Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.”

“Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.”

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

“For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.”

“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.”

“It is always in season for old men to learn.”

“By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.”

“There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.”

“When a match has equal partners then I fear not.”