It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872)

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, Act 3 scene 1

When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them. Euripides, Temenidae

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi

Have I inadvertently said some evil thing? Phocion, from Plutarch, Apothegms

Pray you now, forget and forgive. William Shakespeare, “King Lear”, Act 4 scene 7

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. Hesiod

My candle burns at both endsIt will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends –It gives a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay, “A Few Figs from Thistles”, 1920

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best. Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes

Cursed be he that moves my bones. William Shakespeare, Epitaph on his gravestone