"We are only women, not meant in nature to fight against men." (163)
"Extravagant action is not sensible." (163)
"It is better not to hunt the impossible at all." (165)
"Zeus, who hates the most the boasts of a great tongue." (166)
"It is impossible to know any man€¦until he shows his skill in rule and law." (167)
"Anyone thinking another man more a friend than his country, I rate him nowhere." (167) – Creon
"There is none so foolish as to love his own death." (169)
"Often greed has with its hopes brought men to ruin." (169)
"Do you see the gods as honoring criminals? This is not so." (172)-Creon
"The worst currency that ever grew among mankind is money." (172)
"Ill-gotten gains ruin more than they save." (173)
"It's a bad thing if one judges, and judges wrongly." (173)
"Many are the wonders, none is more wonderful than what is man" (174)
"A cunning fellow is man." (174)
"No city has he with whom dwells dishonor prompted by recklessness." (175) –Creon
"[Gods] are not of today and yesterday; they live forever." (178)
"When people plot mischief in the dark, it is the mind which first is convicted of deceit." (179)
"The good man does not seek an equal share only, with the bad." (181)
"Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death close to their lives." (184)
"For those whose house has been shaken by God€¦it steals on generation after generation." (184)
"Nothing very great comes to the life of mortal man without ruin to accompany it." (185)
"He who is in his household a good man will be found a just man, too, in the city." (186)
"There is nothing worse than disobedience to authority." (186) –Creon
"A man who thinks he alone is right€¦such men, when opened up are seen quite empty." (188)
"There is no city possessed by one man only." (189)
"There is no reverence in trampling on God's honor." (190)