Sophocles

“Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.”

“Old age and the passage of time teach all things.”

“Reason is God's crowning gift to man.”

“To him who is in fear everything rustles.”

“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.”

“To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.”

“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.”

“God's dice always have a lucky roll.”

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”

“Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.”

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”

“The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.”

“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.”

“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

“When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.”

“Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.”

“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.”

“Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.”