Quotes from Menander

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Old men are children for the second time.

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

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

There is but one genuine love-potion - consideration.

The man who has never been flogged has never been taught.

Culture makes all men gentle.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

The man who runs may fight again.

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

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

Whom the gods love dies young.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

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

This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.

Being a man, ne'er ask the gods for a life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

He who labours diligently need never despair. We can accomplish every thing by diligence and labour.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

No one ought to despond in adverse circumstances, for they may turn out to be the cause of good to us.*