"Sing, Muse, of the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus..."

"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after."

"He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before."

"He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray."

"All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious."

"Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help."

"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

"Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

"The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it."

"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one."

"Take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints."