Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

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.

Success is mainly the result of hard work.

Perfection is ordinary

No matter where you work or how you feel about the place, bless it with love.

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

Disintegration is quite painless, I assure you.

It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.

The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

Time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.