Quotes from Aeschylus

Know not to revere human things too much.

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!

I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evil.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

Words are healers of the sick tempered.