The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

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.

Love is breathing each other with all madness

Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself.

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

If I'm president, we will win on everything we do.

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

Nobody can be rich and stupid for more than one generation.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.