Euripides

"The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances."

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

"When one is in trouble, one remembers God."

"There is one thing alone that stands the test of time and troubles: a mother's love."

"Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit."

"Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Question everything. Daily."

"The mind of a young man is like a mirror, and the heart of a woman is like the sea."

"What is greater proof of madness than to hear without understanding?"

"Even the longest journey begins with a single step."

"Life has meaning only when one lives it not for oneself alone, but for others."

"Will you, I say, cast away the most precious thing you own—time?"

"Oh, that estate, mystery, and magic might be dead."

"Cleverness without wisdom is a most dangerous thing."

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he possesses the right questions."

"Old age shakes all around me, I tremble, how long have I to live."

"Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, but not erasure."

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."

"The mass of men are bad, the virtuous are few."

"Art requires inspiration and truth requires no embellishment."

"What must be shall be."

"I have no pity for the woman who marries for money."

"Those who are slow to talk are swift to listen."

"Patience is a bitter plant, but it bears sweet fruit."

"Every mortal man should fear the love of a fair woman."

"It is a terrible thing to trust an untrustworthy woman."