Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.

He’s beautiful and broody

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.

God and I will achieve Supreme Enlightenment at the same moment.

The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.

There's all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.

To call me a partisan hack is ludicrous. [...] I am the least partisan person I know.