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

"So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence."

"The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council."

"I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another."

"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after."

"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured."

"The universe is made of stories, not atoms."

"A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Love has no place in a lawyer's office."

"The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal."

"There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it except the power of another idea."