"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."

"I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another."

"Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies."

"He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray."

"A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities."

"Captial punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."

"He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all."

"Thoughts are funny little things,They can make paupers or make kings."

"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions."

"Lactomangulation, n.: Manhandling the 'open here' spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the 'illegal' side."

"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."