“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom...”

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise.”

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”

“TEIRESIAS: Alas, how terrible is wisdom whenit brings no profit to the man that's wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here.”

“TEIRESIAS:You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the earth, and in this life.”

“No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?”