"All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life."

"And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you— it’s born with us the day that we are born."

"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things."

"Fear, O Achilles, the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion upon me, who am the more pitiable"

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

"One omen is best; Defending the fatherland"

"Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions..."

"Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power"

"And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself—more birds than women flocking round his body!"

"It is unfortunate for us, that, of some of the greatest men, we know least, and talk most."

"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared."

"Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices"

"Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)"

"Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise."

"Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)"

"Rule your mind or it will rule you."

"Pactum serva" - "Keep the faith"

"He who is greedy is always in want"

"In love there are two evils: war and peace."

"Anger is a brief madness."

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone"

"A picture is a poem without words."

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant."

"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."

"Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude" ("He who has begun is half done: dare to know!")."

"He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little."

"Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter."

"He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"Whatever advice you give, be brief."

"He who feared that he would not succeed sat still."

"Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start"

"Now is the time to drink!"

"To my knowledge, it's a phantom goal,"

"He's just quick in everything he does. I think before, he didn't have an opportunity to get open because of his size and the clutching and grabbing. Now he's able to get in those areas where nobody can touch him."

"Definitely, it would be nice. That's what I'm planning to do. ... It's not something I'm going to regret all of my life. But it's going to be nice if we're able to do it. We know there's a lot of work ahead of us to get it done."

"Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were"

"Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants."

"Even as we speak, time speeds swiftly away."

"Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant."

"You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back."

"What we read with pleasure we read again with pleasure."

"Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."

"Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit."

"Faults are soon copied."

"In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war."

"Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."

"Let him live under the open sky, and dangerously."

"How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise."

"What you have not published, you can destroy. The word once sent forth can never be recalled."

"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."