Periander
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.Collection: Good Life
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.Collection: Good Life
Freedom is a clear conscience.Collection: Clear
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.Collection: Depression
Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.Collection: Practice
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.Collection: Speak
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.Collection: Wicked
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.Collection: Men
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.Collection: Humble
The useful and the beautiful are never separated.Collection: Beautiful
Democracy is better than tyranny.Collection: Military
Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).Collection: Good Life
The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.Collection: Motivation