When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

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.

Public success flourishes when we uphold private order.

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

I would love to do a romantic comedy - a good one.

The scratches in Yoko Ono records are moments of relief.

Sometimes in the history of art it is possible to describe a period or a generation of artists as having been obsessed by a particular problem.

I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.

The government will ... go on in the highly democratic method of conscripting American manhood for European slaughter.

She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.

Don't be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

I don't enjoy anything while I'm doing it. I enjoy having done things, though.