Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over the heads of men to trap us all. She entangles one man, now another.

All deaths are hateful to miserable mortals, but the most pitiable death of all is to starve.

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.

By turns the nine delight to sing

Do not beg me by knees or by parents you dog! I only wish I were savagely wrathful enough to hack up your corpse and eat it raw

I believe children are the future...which is why they must be stopped now!

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.