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

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Culture makes all men gentle.

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

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Whom the gods love dies young.

The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.

The man who runs may fight again.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

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

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

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Bad company corrupts good character.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country.

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

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

A handsome person with perverted will is a fine craft thats handled without skill.

Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

A great book is like great evil.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.