"Alas, how right the ancient saying is:..." - Quote by Euripides

“The brave endure their labors, the cowardly are worth the cowards nothing at all.”

“Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.”

“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”

“And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.”

“The hare grows old as she plays in the sunAnd gazes around her with eyes of brightness;Before the swift things that she dreamed of were doneShe limps along in an aged whiteness.”

“People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.”

“Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.”

“it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.”

“Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.”