"Such was the burial they gave to Hector, tamer of horses."

"Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish."

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

"A companion's words of persuasion are effective."

"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another."

"It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go."

"The key to gainful employment is creating a work environment and filing system too complex to train a new person on. Competency gets you work. Confusion keeps you employed."

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly... it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated."

"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life."

"To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence."

"Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."

"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of Fortran."