“Always to be best, and distinguished above the rest.”

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

There will be killing till the score is paid.

Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.

Death submits to no one.

Go on with a spirit that fears nothing.

Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.

Few sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.

Have patience, heart.

Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.

Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

I guess some people never change. Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.

At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient.

Gases are distinguished from other forms of matter, not only by their power of indefinite expansion so as to fill any vessel, however large, and by the great effect heat has in dilating them, but by the uniformity and simplicity of the laws which regulate these changes.

Yet the first symbols were animals. What distinguished men from animals was born of their relationship with them.

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection

Life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t’other from which . . .

This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.

Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.