Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.

But let the good prevail.

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.