He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.

To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.

The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.