Sophocles
Ancient Greek playwright, dramatist, priest, and politician of Athens.
Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,
Befits proud birth.
No man loves life like him that's growing old.
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
He's fit for public authority.
Men of ill judgement oft ignore the good
That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes, this trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame; this still teaches folk to practise villainies, and to know every godless deed. But all the men who wrought this thing for hire have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay the price.
It is a good thing
To escape from death, but it is not great pleasure
To bring death to a friend.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.