ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.

Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.