But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.

Trying is the first step toward failure.

Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall

It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.

Money can be exchanged for goods and services!

Wine sets even a thoughtful man to singing, or sets him into softly laughing, sets him to dancing. Sometimes it tosses out a word that was better unspoken.

Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.