Honor modesty more than your life.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.

A great sage is like a tree, he lives just to help others, just to make this world beautiful.

Marika was a book nerd and had a TBR pile taller than her. She was a sucker for YA

If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

Early poems are a thing it takes years to live down.

That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?

A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming.

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.