"Such was the burial they gave to Hector, tamer of horses."

"So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence."

"There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love."

"If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift."

"It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go."

"The fates have given mankind a patient soul."

"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."

"Victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan."

"Every one wishes to have truth on his side, but it is not everyone sincerely wishes to be on the side of truth."

"There is no national problem in the world today, which cannot be resolved by reason alone."

"One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing."

"Laughter is the first evidence of freedom."