Menander Quotes - Page 2

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

A man that runs away may fight again.

Whom the gods love dies young.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

The workman still is greater than his work.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.