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

"So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence."

"Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him."

"The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken."

"I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead."

"There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love."

"Pride is a spiritual Cancer: It eats up the very possibilty of love, or contentment, or even common sense."

"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth."

"I am not bound to please thee with my answers."

"The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How's the President?'"

"I have always been a timid person but my life has required me to be courageous."

"I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool."