"The sea is a cruel mistress."

"The rule of the many is not well. One must be chief. In war and one the king."

"My name is Nobody."

"Melantho, a female slave in Odysseus' household, is called a 'little dog' by Odysseus."

"We men are wretched things, and the gods, who have no cares themselves, have woven sorrow into the very pattern of our lives...Zeus the Thunderer has two jars standing on the floor of his palace, in w…"