"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."
- Aeschylus
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."
"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."
"Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain"
"Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods."
"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."
"Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand the stroke that hits the vein,the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief,the curse no man can bear.But there is a cure in the house, a..."
"In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain"
"Time, as it grows old, teaches all things."
"My heart's a dance of fear."