Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing

Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting?

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.

Isn't it only laughter we can stay human?

The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom.

You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.