Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.

What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?

Over the wine-dark sea.

I was working on a flat tax proposal and accidentally proved there was no God.

We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.