There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience. - Euripides

μόνον δὲ τοῦτό φασ᾽ ἁμιλλᾶσθαι βίῳ,
γνώμην δικαίαν κἀγαθήν ὅτῳ παρῇ

إن الذي يتمنى أن يتمتع بالثروة أو القوة ويفضلها على أصدقاء الخير، قد جانبه الصواب.

We understand and recognize what is good, but we do not labor to bring it to fulfillment, some of us out of laziness, some because we put something else, some pleasure, before virtue — and there are many pleasures in life, long conversations and indolence-that pleasing vice..