When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Anacharsis coming to Athens, knocked at Solon's door, and told him that he, being a stranger, was come to be his guest,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair?… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We ought to give our friend pain if it will benefit him, but not to the extent of breaking off our friendship;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
