He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

After the event, even a fool is wise.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

In a state of pseudo-death you restore your substance.

Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question.

It's hard making a woman your wife when you've been humpin married women for most of your life

The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur.

The most important question to ask on the job is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.

My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.

Happiness is the peace of mind that comes from feeling that I am living a worthy life in the company of people I love and in the service of something bigger than myself.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.