Civilization is a perishable commodity.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Civilization is a perishable commodity.