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

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

"Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish."

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

"The fates have given mankind a patient soul."

"All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious."

"Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning."

"Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."

"The journey is difficult, immerse. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know."

"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."

"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves."

"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how its done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."