The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

I won't go back to the theater. I like some of the things they're doing but it's different now, not something I could do. I'll go on making films the rest of my life.

The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that.

DNA has been aptly described as the first three-dimensional Xerox machine.

If I die, what a beautiful death.

Education should be a lifelong process, the formal period serving as a foundation on which life's structure may rest and rise.

I like my voice, but I can't deliver as much as I wish I could.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.