, SOPHOCLES : The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. (Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians - along with Aeschylus and Euripides - whose plays have survived, 496-406 BCE)

, SOPHOCLES : Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. (Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians - along with Aeschylus and Euripides - whose plays have survived, 496-406 BCE)

, SOPHOCLES : Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act. (Sophocles, one of three [ancient Greek playwrights [Aeschylus and Euripides] who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, 496-406 B.C.E.)