Aeschylus

“God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.”

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

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

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

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

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

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

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”

“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.”

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

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

“God always strives together with those who strive.”

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

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

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

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

“And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.”

“The wisest of the wise may err.”

“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”

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