"The bitter dregs of fortune's cup to drain."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 85.

"Who dies in youth and vigour, dies the best."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 100.

"This, this is misery! the last, the worst That man can feel."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 106.

"No season now for calm familiar talk."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 169.

"Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 271.

"Achilles absent was Achilles still."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 418.

"Forever honour'd, and forever mourn'd."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 422.

"Unwept, unhonour'd, uninterr'd he lies!"

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 484.

"Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro In all the raging impotence of woe."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 526.

"Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 543.

"'T is true, 't is certain; man though dead retains Part of himself: the immortal mind remains."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 122.

"Base wealth preferring to eternal praise."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 368.

"It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. 'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 383.

"A green old age, unconscious of decays, That proves the hero born in better days."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 929.

"Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood,-- The source of evil one, and one of good."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiv. Line 663.

"The mildest manners with the bravest mind."

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiv. Line 963.

"Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book ii. Line 207.

"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dar'd."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book ii. Line 312.

"Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book ii. Line 315.

"For never, never, wicked man was wise."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book ii. Line 320.

"Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will: for Wisdom never lies."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 25.

"The lot of man,--to suffer and to die."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 117.

"A faultless body and a blameless mind."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 138.

"The long historian of my country's woes."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 142.

"Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love; Wide as his will extends his boundless grace."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 285.

"When now Aurora, daughter of the dawn, With rosy lustre purpled o'er the lawn."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 516.

"These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!"

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 118.

"Mirror of constant faith, rever'd and mourn'd!"

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 229.

"There with commutual zeal we both had strove In acts of dear benevolence and love: Brothers in peace, not rivals in command."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 241.

"The glory of a firm, capacious mind."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 262.

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 372.

"The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 397.

"O thou, whose certain eye foresees The fix'd events of fate's remote decrees."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 627.

"Forget the brother, and resume the man."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 732.

"Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 917.

"The people's parent, he protected all."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 921.

"The big round tear stands trembling in her eye."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 936.

"The windy satisfaction of the tongue."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 1092.

"Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 572.

"The bank he press'd, and gently kiss'd the ground."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 596.

"A heaven of charms divine Nausicaa lay."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 22.

"Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales, And the good suffers while the bad prevails."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 229.

"By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 247.

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 67.

"To heal divisions, to relieve th' opprest; In virtue rich; in blessing others, blest."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 95.

"Oh, pity human woe! 'T is what the happy to the unhappy owe."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 198.

"Whose well-taught mind the present age surpast."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 210.

"For fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are misery and man!"

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 263.

"In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!"

The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 379.

"And every eye Gaz'd, as before some brother of the sky."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book viii. Line 17.