"It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long."

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

"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep."

"We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth."

"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."

"The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly."

"Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech."

"If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger."

"Success is a great deodorant."

"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom."

"Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

"I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance."