I take courage,” Aeneas said. “Here too there are tears for things, and hearts are touched by the fate of all that is mortal. - Edith Hamilton

One good thing, however, was there - Hope. It was the only good thing the casket had held among the many evils, and it remains to this day mankind's sole comfort in misfortune.

THE Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe. It was the other way about: the universe created the gods. Before there were gods heaven and earth had been formed. They were the first parents. The Titans were their children, and the gods were their grandchildren

[Happiness is] The exercise of vital powers, along lines of excellence, in a life affording them scope.