Sophocles

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

Sophocles

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Sophocles

God’s dice always have a lucky roll.

Sophocles

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

Sophocles

Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself.

Sophocles

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Sophocles

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.

Sophocles

I owe more to the dead, with whom I will spend a much longer time, than I will ever owe to the living.

Sophocles

I write a woman’s oaths in water.

Sophocles

If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.

Sophocles