"Εἰ δ᾽ Ὀρφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν, ὥστ᾽ ἢ κόρην Δήμητρος ἢ κείνης πόσιν ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ᾽ ἐξ Ἅιδου λαβεῖν, κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ᾽ οὔθ᾽ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων οὔθ᾽ οὑπὶ κώπῃ ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων ἔσχον, πρὶν ἐς φῶς σὸν καταστῆσαι βίον."

"Ἐχθρὰ γὰρ ἡ 'πιοῦσα μητρυιὰ τέκνοις τοῖς πρόσθ᾽, ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν ἠπιωτέρα."

"Οὔποτε φήσω γάμον εὐφραίνειν πλέον ἢ λυπεῖν."

"Helen: What happened in my heart, to make me leave my home And my own land, to follow where a stranger led? Rail at the goddess; be more resolute than Zeus, Who holds power over all other divinities But is himself the slave of love. Show Aphrodite Your indignation; me, pardon and sympathy. Hecabe: No; Paris was an extremely handsome man – one look, And your appetite became your Aphrodite. Why, Men's lawless lusts are all called love – it's a confusion Easily made."

"Naught is more hostile to a city than a despot; where he is, there are in the first place no laws common to all, but one man is tyrant, in whose keeping and in his alone the law resides, and in that case equality is at an end."

"For naught is there more sweet unto an aged sire than a daughter's love."

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

"There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change."

"A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger."

"Thou didst bring me forth for all the Greeks in common, not for thyself alone."

"Authority is never without hate."

"O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!"

"Yet do I hold that mortal foolish who strives against the stress of necessity."

"Ares hates those who hesitate."

"Leave no stone unturned."

"Who can decide a plea or judge a speech until he has heard plainly from both sides?"

"Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe."

"λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος, δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον."

"On behalf of all those dead who learned their hatred of women long ago, for those who hate them now, for those unborn who shall live to hate them yet, I now declare my firm conviction: neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman."

"I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one."

"ἁγὼ οὔτινι θύω πλὴν ἐμοὶ, θεοῖσι δ᾽ οὔ, καὶ τῇ μεγίστῃ γαστρὶ τῇδε δαιμόνων."

"Τὸ γὰρ ὀρθοῦσθαι γνώμην ὀδυνᾷ, τὸ δὲ μαινόμενον κακόν: ἀλλὰ κρατεῖ μὴ γιγνώσκοντ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι."

"Μοχθεῖν δὲ βροτοῖσιν ἀνάγκη."

"Πᾶς δ᾽ ὀδυνηρὸς βίος ἀνθρώπων κοὐκ ἔστι πόνων ἀνάπαυσις."

"Τίς δ᾽ οὐ σεμνὸς ἀχθεινὸς βροτῶν."

"Τῶν δ᾽ ἀδοκήτων πόρον ηὗρε θεός."

"Χαλεπὰ γὰρ βροτοῖς ὁμογενῆ μιά- σματ᾽, ἕπεται δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτοφόνταις ξυνῳ- δὰ θεόθεν πίτνοντ᾽ ἐπὶ δόμοις ἄχη."

"θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ."

"Καὶ μανθάνω μὲν οἷα τολμήσω κακά, θυμὸς δὲ κρείσσων τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων, ὅσπερ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν βροτοῖς."

"Χρυσὸς δὲ κρείσσων μυρίων λόγων βροτοῖς."

"Πείθειν δῶρα καὶ θεοὺς λόγος."

"Γυνὴ δὲ θῆλυ κἀπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ."

"Οὐ γὰρ γελᾶσθαι τλητὸν ἐξ ἐχθρῶν."

"Μό- χθων δ᾽ οὐκ ἄλλος ὕπερθεν ἢ γᾶς πατρίας στέρεσθαι."

"Ὦ πατρίς, ὦ δώματα, μὴ δῆτ᾽ ἄπολις γενοίμαν τὸν ἀμηχανίας ἔχουσα δυσπέρατον αἰῶ, οἰκτρότατόν <γ᾽> ἀχέων."

"Στέργοι δέ με σωφροσύνα, δώρημα κάλλιστον θεῶν."

"Ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν."

"Κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει."

"Ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει."

"Χρῆν τἄρ᾽ ἄλλοθέν ποθεν βροτοὺς παῖδας τεκνοῦσθαι, θῆλυ δ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι γένος: χοὔτως ἂν οὐκ ἦν οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις κακόν."

"Δεινή τις ὀργὴ καὶ δυσίατος πέλει, ὅταν φίλοι φίλοισι συμβάλωσ᾽ ἔριν."

"Ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χώρονσι παγαί."

"Πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες, ἐς μὲν ἔσθλ᾽ ἀμηχανώταται, κακῶν δὲ πάντων τέκτονες σοφώταται."

"Φεῦ φεῦ, βροτοῖς ἔρωτες ὡς κακὸν μέγα."

"Γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ᾽ αὔτως ἀνήρ, ῥᾴων φυλάσσειν ἢ σιωπηλὸς σοφή."

"Κρεῖσσον δέ μοι νῦν πρός σ᾽ ἀπεχθέσθαι, γύναι, ἢ μαλθακισθένθ᾽ ὕστερον μεταστένειν."

"Ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾿ ἀσπίδα στῆναι θέλοιμ᾿ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ."

"Πάντων δ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἔμψυχα καὶ γνώμην ἔχει γυναῖκές ἐσμεν ἀθλιώτατον φυτόν: ἃς πρῶτα μὲν δεῖ χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ πόσιν πρίασθαι, δεσπότην τε σώματος [...] κἀν τῷδ᾽ ἀγὼν μέγιστος, ἢ κακὸν λαβεῖν ἢ χρηστόν."

"Χρὴ δὲ ξένον μὲν κάρτα προσχωρεῖν πόλει."