The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Sophocles

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
Sophocles

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Sophocles

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
Sophocles

There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Sophocles

There is a time when even justice brings harm.
Sophocles

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
Sophocles

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Sophocles

There is no greater evil than anarchy.
Sophocles

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
Sophocles

There is no success without hardship.
Sophocles

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
Sophocles

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
Sophocles

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
Sophocles

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
Sophocles

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
Sophocles

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Sophocles

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
Sophocles

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
Sophocles

To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Sophocles