Achilles absent was Achilles still.

— Homer

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

— Homer

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

— Homer

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.

— Homer

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

— Homer

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

— Homer

And empty words are evil.

— Homer

And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself—more birds than women flocking round his body!

— Homer

…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always bent on duty, trudging after Ruin, maddening, blinding Ruin. But Ruin is strong and swift—She outstrips them all by far, stealing a march, leaping over the whole wide earth to bring mankind to grief.

— Homer

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

— Homer