Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought?

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

What is life without the joy of Love?

There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.

The gods do not fight against necessity.

He sometimes wondered if she had become involved with him just so that she could cry in someone's arms. Maybe she can't cry alone, and that's why she needs me.

May we all storm the gates of heaven for the souls of the anguished, that in their greatest time of need they will hear the gentle voice of God’s Spirit calling them to repentance.

I remember feeling all right with myself until age 13. Then, I was getting off the bus one day and this guy called me Miss Piggy. That was the first time I ever really felt like I wasn't okay.

I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied it more closely.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

Commercial society regards people as bundles of appetites, a conception that turns human beings inside out, leaving nothing to be regarded as inherently private.

Do not enforce the tired wolf Dragging his infected wound homeward To sit tonight with the warm children Naming the pretty kings of France.

The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.

It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.