Alexis

Alexis (c. 375 BC – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comic poet.

Quotes

• Once thou art wed, no longer canst thou be
  Lord of thyself.
  • Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 34, 7.

• Of all thy blessings reckon wealth the least,
  For 'tis the least secure of our possessions.
  • Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 37.

• Though Fortune now be smiling, it behoves
  To look ahead, nor e'er to trust in Fortune.
  • Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 42.

• Not in vain oaths should prudent men believe,
  But put their trust in actions.
  • Olynthia, Fragment 4.

• Our life is like to dice, which ever fall
  In varying combinations; no one form
  Has man's existence, but 'tis full of change.
  • Stobaeus, Florilegium, CV., 4.

• Most wise men were agreed that it were best
  Not to be born, but if that may not be,
  Then with the least delay to reach the goal.
  • Mandragorizomene, Fragment 1, 14.

References

• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary of Quotations (Classical). London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1897.