"A young man is embarrassed to question an older one."

"It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave."

"Sing, Muse, of the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus..."

"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."

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

"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another."

"One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better."

"By force of arms. (Vi Et Armis)"

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."

"Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."

"In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."