"Would that I were still young and strong as I was in those days, for then some one of you swineherds would give me a cloak both out of good will and for the respect due to a brave soldier; but now peo…"

"The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last."

"There is nothing more dreadful than the sea."

"Very like leaves upon this earth are the generations of men -- old leaves, cast on the ground by wind, young leaves the greening forest bears when spring comes in. So mortals pass; one generation flow…"

"The gods do not give all men all gifts."