Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

It will not always be summer: build barns.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

Worldlings pray to the Lord in times of need, when it serves their turn. They cry to Him in trouble, but forsake Him in prosperity.

We have arguments [with my father] and we had a lot of arguments in the years when I was at Michigan.

I may not have any skeletons in my closet, but I do have a little box of souls in my sock drawer. —T-SHIRT

Everything I know about makeup, I've learned from my sister.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

Optimism is the staunchest worshipper of life.

He had supposed for years that he had no secrets from himself. Here was proof that he had a great big secret somewhere inside, and he could not imagine what it was.

True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.

Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive

bonding through dependence never works, whereas bonding through freedom always does.