Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought?

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

What is life without the joy of Love?

There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.

The gods do not fight against necessity.

For a child, no hand is stronger and softer than the hand which touches her lovingly!

There’s always a reason to look up.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded.

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.

It would appear that the natural frontier of Russia runs from Dantzic or perhaps Stettin to Trieste.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.

Set impossible challenges. Then catch up with them.

Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.