Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. — Sophocles
Bear up, my child, bear up; zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. — Sophocles
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. — Sophocles
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things. — Sophocles
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; — Sophocles