Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.

Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

Rightness of judgment is bitterness to the heart.

Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.

Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.

The wisest men follow their own direction.