I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

— Euripides

I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly. But we can't bring it to achievement.

— Euripides

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

— Euripides

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

— Euripides

In childbirth grief begins.

— Euripides

It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

— Euripides

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

— Euripides

It was my tongue that swore my heart is unworn.

— Euripides

I would prefer as a friend a good man who is ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

— Euripides

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

— Euripides