Homer

“Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.”

“But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.”

“To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.”

“Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.”

“And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.”

“The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.”

“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”