Periander

"Freedom is a clear conscience."

- Periander, 7th century ruler of Corinth, Greece

Demosthenes

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

- Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens

Aristotle

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

- Aristotle, philosopher

Euripides

"Oh, what an evil power love has in people's lives!"

- 'Medea' by Euripides

Aesop

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

- Aesop, Greek slave and fable author

Plato

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."

- Plato, ancient Greek philosopher and author

Euripides

"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs."

- Euripides, ancient Greek playwright

Epictetus

"If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase."

- Epictetus, philosopher

Heraclitus

"Nothing endures but change."

- Heraclitus, ancient Greek philosopher

Euripides

"Many matters the gods bring to surprising ends.
The things we thought would happen do not happen;
The unexpected God makes possible."

- 'Medea' by Euripides

Euripides

"The wisest men follow their own direction."

- Euripides, ancient Greek playwright

Aristotle

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."

- Aristotle, philosopher

Aeschylus

"In war, truth is the first casualty."

- Aeschylus, ancient Greek playwright

Plato

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

– Plato, ancient Greek philosopher and author

Plutarch

"We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away."

- Plutarch, ancient Greek historian

Euripides

“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”

- Euripides, ancient Greek playwright

Sophocles

"Show me the man whose happiness was anything more than illusion followed by disillusion."

- 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles

Sophocles

"Count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last."

- 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles

Aristotle

"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing."

- Aristotle, philosopher

Plato

"Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil."

- Plato, ancient Greek philosopher and author