Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.