"Reverence the gods, and help men. Life is short."

"How many things are there of which I have gained a knowledge, not by the help of reason, but by experience!"

"Soon you'll be ashes or a skeleton. A name at most, or not even a name. But name is sound and echo. The things we want in life are empty, foul, or trivial. Like dogs snapping at each other, or childre…"

"To live each day as if it were thy last, without haste, without sloth, without hypocrisy."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."