Homer

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!

It is not right to exult over slain men.

Men grow tired of sleep love singing and dancing sooner than of war.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts.

His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey.

A councillor ought not to sleep the whole night through - a man to whom the populace is entrusted and who has many responsibilities.

Who dares think one thing and another tell My heart detests him as the gates of hell.

Labor conquers all things.

He held his seat a friend to human race.

Light is the task when many share the toil.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus and a gift though small is precious.

Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.

Two friends-two bodies with one soul inspired.

A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother.