"A man's life is but a moment in endless time."

"A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time."

"As the generations of leaves, so are those of men."

"I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man's heart and b…"

"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."