Reproach is infinite, and knows no end.
If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift.
I have no interest at all in food and drink, but only in slaughter and blood and the agonized groans of mangled men
Singing is the lowest form of communication.
For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.