Men are men they needs must err.
~ Euripides
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more garnering the simple goodness of life.
No one is happy all his life long.
The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
Since luck's a nine days' wonder wait their end.
I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.
It's human, we all put self interest first.
Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.
Old loves are dropped when new ones come
Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.
Who can stop grief's avalanche once it starts to roll.
In childbirth grief begins.
Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
The greatest pleasure of life is love.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
