We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

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.

Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And say to all the world "This was a man!"

There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.

Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.

Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best people working for you.

The choices that you make will shape your life forever.

Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.

Young people want to look like peas in a pod, and there is no use trying to make them different.