"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country."

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

"It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave."

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

"Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him."

"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war."

"I think Superman should go on the Larry King show and announce that he would come back to life if people in all 50 states wanted him to."

"In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

"You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you."

"I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble."