The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must.

Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.

one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable.

Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless.

Civilization is a perishable commodity.

The mind is more vulnerable than the stomach, because it can be poisoned without feeling immediate pain.

Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?