Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

Trying is the first step toward failure.

Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.

Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.

It's man's to fight, but heaven's to give success.

Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.