For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

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.

Within her simple, terrified mind, swift calculations of distance and speed were at work, and her face advertised the disappointing results.

When man no longer regards himself as evil he ceases to be so!

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.

I really care about you and I don't want to anymore because it feels too shitty for me.

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.

I've never bashed a union in my life.

Happiness is the secret ingredient for successful businesses. If you have a happy company it will be invincible.

I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. The goal should be to make terrorists feel threatened, not the American people.

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.