In childbirth grief begins.

The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.

Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong?

Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.

Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive

O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.

To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in handsome words.

I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

The city was lovely. There could be no place in the world to which he belonged so completely.That was why he'd always dreamed of leaving, and why he'd always been so afraid to go.

I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.

One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is God's love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.

Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.