“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”

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

“Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The end excuses any evil.”