Born on June 30th

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."

"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."

"Memory is the mother of all wisdom."

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."

"I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery."

"God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind."

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."

"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."

"Time brings all things to pass."

"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

"God always strives together with those who strive."

"I know how men in exile feed on dreams."

"For know that no one is free, except Zeus."

"It is always in season for old men to learn."

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

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

"I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils."

"Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen."

"The wisest of the wise may err."

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

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

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

"Whoever is new to power is always harsh."

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

"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense."

"For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness."