Sophocles

"Wisdom brings suffering to those who possess it."

"Nobody likes the man who brings bad news."

"All that is and will be comes forth from necessity."

"To the man who is afraid everything rustles."

"Of all the things that live and have intelligence, we women are the most unfortunate."

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love."

"Swift time brings all things to pass."

"What is well spoken is also heard."

"What is the cause that my child behaves like this?"

"The greatest power is often simple patience."

"For a man to overcome his fate is a hard thing."

"Look and behold, one comes in haste."

"Money and success don't change you; they merely amplify what is already there."

"There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than foolishness."

"The true creator is necessity, which is the mother of our invention."

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating."

"Appearances are deceptive."

"Success is dependence upon action and perseverance."

"Kindness and honesty bring about true strength."

"What people believe prevails over the truth."

"A man is his own most dangerous opponent."

"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."

"Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom."

"The darkest place is under the brightest light."

"Your words are your bonds."

"Love is like a well, the deeper you dig, the more you find."

"Without labor nothing prospers."

"Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

"Reverence for the gods and respect for parents constitute the whole of piety."

"He who has wealth has never lost his nerve in the midst of calamities."