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

"There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men."

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

"He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before."

"The fates have given mankind a patient soul."

"Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy."

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!"

"Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions not answers."

"I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind."

"When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else."

"Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet."

"As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away."