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

— Aeschylus

I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another.

— Aeschylus

I know how men in exile feed on dreams

— Aeschylus

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

— Aeschylus

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

— Aeschylus

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain

— Aeschylus

It is always in season for old men to learn.

— Aeschylus

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

— Aeschylus

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus