Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

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.

Never judge a book by its cover

Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

what's real within the story is real within the story

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

It feels good to have your work respected again.

Uber is a $3.5 billion lesson in building for how the world *should* work instead of optimizing for how the world *does* work

Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden.

Before I started making music I felt like I couldn't affect anything in the world.

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

It is essential to the triumph of reform that it should never succeed.