840 – “My mother is like the bright light in the sky, a doe on the hillsides. She is the morning star, shining even at noon-time. She is precious carnelian, a topaz from Marhaci.”

–Lu-diĝira

Make sure to wish your mom a Happy Mother’s Day!

704 – “The wise learn many things from their enemies; for caution preserves all things. From a friend you could not learn this, but your foe immediately obliges you to learn it.”

–Aristophanes

482 – “Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.”

“Τόν γε σοφώτατον οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεται σύμβουλον ἀναμείνας χρόνον.” [See Translation Note]

–Pericles [See Source Note]

423 – “If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.”

Variant: “By desiring little a poor man makes himself rich.”

–Democritus

114 – “If though be powerful, make thyself to be honoured for knowledge and for gentleness”

– Ptahhotep