"And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you— it’s born with us the day that we are born."

"All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life."

"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."

"Reproach is infinite, and knows no end So voluble a weapon is the tongue; Wounded, we wound; and neither side can fail For every man has equal strength to rail."

"...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise."

"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after."

"Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races."

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

"My life is "more "to me than all the wealth of Ilius"

"But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me."

"...if fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep."

"Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end"

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."

"Ah my friend, if you and I could escape this fray and live forever, never a trace of age, immortal, I would never fight on the front lines again or command you to the field where men win fame."

"Nay if even in the house of Hades the dead forget their dead, yet will I even there be mindful of my dear comrade."

"It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair."

"My every impulse bends to what is right"

"I say no wealth is worth my life."

"A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly."

"But sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away"

"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"

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

"I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future."

"Do not beg me by knees or by parents you dog! I only wish I were savagely wrathful enough to hack up your corpse and eat it raw"