* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.
The test of any man lies in action.
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
May God ... let me strive for attainable things.
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
Time in the turning-over of days works change for better or worse.
Learn what you are and be such.
Even now I am full of hope but the end lies in God.
The present will not long endure.
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand they strain into the future hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.
Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us.
Success for the striver washes away the effort of striving.