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The hopes of the educated are steadfast, as though anchored in reason like a harbor.

The hopes of virtue are proper to the soul; but those of vice are illegitimate. It is the same to moor a ship with a weak anchor, and from a faulty opinion

hope. Socrates. Wicked hopes, like bad guides, upon sins

lead. Neither a woman without a man, nor a good hope without labor, begets anything useful. (15Ε_304> Leucippus. For pleasant things, even if they are not present, delight with hopes. For that which has been hoped for has been once for all taken from the soul; and that which is no longer from anywhere

expected, prepares a release for the weary. Charicles. For the haste of the speech towards what has not yet been said, the entirety of what has already

been said takes away. Leucippe. For the fear of danger disturbed the hopes of the soul;

but the hope of succeeding covered the fear with pleasure; thus hoping, it feared, and the grieving part rejoiced.

DISCOURSE 39. Concerning women. (15Ε_306> John 4. Jesus says to her: I who speak to you am he. And upon

this his disciples came, and they marveled that he was speaking with a woman. 1 Timothy 2. Let a woman learn in quietness with all submissiveness; but I do not permit a woman to teach

or to exercise authority over a man. Proverbs 5. Do not pay attention to a wicked woman; for honey drips from the lips

of a harlot, which for a season soothes your throat; but afterwards you will find it more bitter than gall.

Proverbs 25. As a worm in wood, so a wicked woman destroys a man.

Proverbs 21. It is better to live in a desert than with a contentious and talkative and angry woman.

Sirach 25. You would consent to dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman.

912 Basil. The wicked dispositions of women submerge the weak souls of their husbands.

The Theologian. The most foolish of women, lacking their own beauty, flee to colors; and they are, as I might say, decorously put on display, through seemliness unseemly, and through shame more shameful.

Chrysostom. He who has a wicked wife, let him know that he has already received the wages of his iniquities.

It is terrible to take a poorer wife, terrible to take a richer one. For the one has harmed his substance, and the other, the man’s authority and freedom.

(15Ε_308> Clement. Not to adorn herself, nor indeed to be ornamented, beyond what is fitting, shows a woman to be free from slander.

Sextus. Upon a wicked woman a seal is good. Democritus. To be ruled by a woman would be the ultimate outrage. Solon. Solon, having been asked by someone if he should marry, said: If you marry an ugly one,

you will have a punishment; but if a beautiful one, you will have a common one.

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Στάσιμοί εἰσιν αἱ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἐλπίδες, ὡς ἐν κιμένι τῷ λογισμῷ ὁρμοῦσαι.

Αἱ μέν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐλπίδες, ἴδιαί εἰσι τῆς ψυχῆς· αἱ δέ τῆς κακίας, νόθοι. Ταυτόν ἐστιν ἐξ ἀσθενοῦς ἀγκυρίου σκάφος ὁρμεῖν, καί ἐκ φαύλης γνώμης

ἐλπίδα. Σωκράτ. Αἱ πονηραί ἐλπίδες, ὥσπερ οἱ κακοί ὁδηγοί, ἐπί ἁμαρτήματα

ἄγουσιν. Οὔτε γυνή χωρίς ἀνδρός, οὔτε ἐλπίς ἀγαθή χωρίς πόνου γεννᾷ τι χρήσιμον. (15Ε_304> Λευκίππ. Τά γάρ ἡδέα, κἄν μή παρῆ, τέρπει ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Τό γάρ ἐλπισθέν, ἅπαξ ἐξῄρηται τῆς ψυχῆς· καί τό μηδαμόθεν ἔτι

προσδοκώμενον, ἀπαλλαγήν παρασκευάζει τοῖς κάμνουσιν. Χαρικλ. Ἡ γάρ εἰς τό μήπω λεχθέν ἔπειξις τοῦ λόγου, τό ὁλόκληρον τῶν ἤδη

λεχθέντων παραιρεῖται. Λευκίππης. Ὁ μέν γάρ τοῦ κινδύνου φόβος, ἐθορύβει τάς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐλπίδας·

ἡ δέ ἐλπίς τοῦ τυχεῖν, ἐκάλυπτεν ἡδονῇ τόν φόβον· οὕτω καί ἐλπίζον ἐφοβεῖτο, καί ἔχαιρε τό λυπούμενον.

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΛΘ´. Περί γυναικῶν. (15Ε_306> Ἰωαν. δ´. Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ λαλῶν σοι. Καί ἐπί

τοῦτο ἦλθον οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ, καί ἐθαύμασαν ὅτι μετά γυναικός ἐλάλει. Α´ Τιμ. β´. Γυνή ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ· γυναικί δέ διδάσκειν

οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδέ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός. Παροιμ. ε´. Μή πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί· μέλι γάρ ἀποστάζει ἀπό χειλέων

γυναικός πόρνης, ἤ πρός καιρόν λιπαίνει σοι φάρυγγα· ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις.

Παροιμ. κε΄ . Ὥσπερ σκώληξ ἐν ξύλῳ, οὕτως ἄνδρα ἀπόλλυσι γυνή κακοποιός.

Παροιμ. κα´. Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν ἐρήμῳ, ἤ μετά γυναικός μαχίμου καί γλωσσώδους καί ὀργίλου.

Σιρ. κε´. Συνοικῆσαι λέοντι καί δράκοντι εὐδόκησαι, ἤ συνοικῆσαι μετά γυναικός πονηρᾶς.

912 Βασιλ. Αἰ πονηραί τῶν γυναικῶν διαθέσεις, τάς ἀσθενεῖς ψυχάς τῶν συνοικούντων καταβαπτίζουσιν.

Θεολόγου. Αἱ τῶν γυναικῶν ἀφρονέσταται, ἀποροῦσαι κάλλους οἰκείου, πρός τά χρώματα φεύγουσι· καί εἰσίν, ὡς ἄν εἴποιμι, κοσμίως θεατριζόμεναι, δι᾿ εὐσχημοσύνην ἀσχήμονες, καί δι᾿ αἶσχος αἰσχρότεραι.

Χρυσοστ. Ὁ ἔχων γυναῖκα πονηράν, γινωσκέτω ὅτι ἤδη τούς μισθούς τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ ἐκομίσατο.

∆εινόν πενιχροτέραν λαβεῖν γυναῖκα, δεινόν εὐπορωτέραν. Τό μέν γάρ εἰς τήν οὐσίαν ἔβλαψε, τό δέ, εἰς αὐθεντίαν καί ἐλευθερίαν, τόν ἄνδρα.

(15Ε_308> Κλήμεντ. Ἀνύποπτον εἰς διαβολήν δείκνυσι γυναῖκα, τό μή καλλωπίζεσθαι, μηδέ μήν κοσμεῖσθαι, παρά τοῦ πρέποντος.

Σέξτου. Ἐπί γυναικί πονηρᾷ καλόν σφραγίς. ∆ημοκρίτ. Ὑπό γυναικός ἄρχεσθαι, ὕβρις ἄν εἴη ἔσχατα. Σόλωνος. Σόλων ἐρωτηθείς ὑπό τινος, εἰ γήμῃ, ἔφη· Ἐάν μέν αἰσχράν γήμῃς,

ἕξεις ποινήν· εἰ δ᾿ ὡραίαν, ἕξεις κοινήν.