"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

"There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men."

"The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken."

"Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies."

"A companion's words of persuasion are effective."

"Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy."

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

"Here at least we shall be free. . . Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."

"Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide."

"Anyone who interprets or defines your rights controls your destiny."

"She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel."

"The problem with the cutting edge is that someone has to bleed."