For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.

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.

Science in textbooks is not fun. But if you start doing science yourself, you will find delight.

Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value. ... Unqualified judgment can at most claim to decide the market-value - a value that can be in inverse proportion to the intrinsic value.

I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.

Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.

Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?

The reason the way of the transgressor is hard is because it's so crowded.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

I survived, carried on, glad to be like a weed, a wild red poppy, rooted in life.