We are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skilful architects of every sort of harm. - Euripides

عندما ينال المرء كرم الآلهة، لا حاجة به إلى الأصدقاء، إذ يكفيه العون الآلهي، إذا شاء الإله!

And men in their millions float and flow
And seethe with a million hopes as leaven;
And they win their Will, or they miss their Will,
And the hopes are dead or are pined for still;
But whoe'er can know,
As the long days go,
That To Live is happy, hath found his Heaven!

يا بني! أحرى بك أن تحب أصدقائك، وتمقت اعدائك: ولكن حذار أن تتخطى الحدود وتتهور.