"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."

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

"I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown."

"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured."

"The single best augury is to fight for one's country."

"How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into such stunning forms, into beauty?"

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."

"Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue."

"All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience."

"Give your hearts, but not into each othera€?s keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts."