People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

One must realize that war is common, and justice strife, and that all things come to be through strife and are (so) ordained.

One thunderbolt strikesroot through everything

Character is destiny

Many who have learnedfrom Hesiod the countless namesof gods and monstersnever understandthat night and day are one

Always having what we wantmay not be the best good fortuneHealth seems sweetestafter sickness, foodin hunger, goodnessin the wake of evil, and at the endof daylong labor sleep.

Comparison is the death of joy.

If you don't talk about it, it didn't happen.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Baseball is a man maker.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.

It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.