"You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age."

"The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council."

"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after."

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

"The fates have given mankind a patient soul."

"Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards."

"Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake."

"It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones."

"A pessimist is never disappointed."

"Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough."

"Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses."

"The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow."