Quotes from Aeschylus

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.

The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who's dead.

High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

The unenvied man is not enviable.

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.

Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.

May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.