"When setting out upon your way to Ithaca, wish always that your course be long, full of adventure, full of lore."

"Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires glowing openly …"

"People of Kommagini, let the glory of Antiochos, the noble king, be celebrated as it deserves. He was a provident rul…"

"I created you while I was happy, while I was sad, with so many incidents, so many details.And, for me, the whole of y…"

"The Spartans weren't to be led and ordered around like precious servants. Besides, they wouldn't have thought a pan-H…"

"The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight — Golden and warm and lively little can…"

"I look before me at my lighted candles, I don’t want to turn around and see with horror How quickly the dark line is …"

"And from this marvellous pan-Hellenic expedition, triumphant, brilliant in every way, celebrated on all sides, glorif…"

"He wasn’t completely wrong, poor old Gemistus (let Lord Andronicus and the patriarch suspect him if they like), in wa…"

"You won't find a new country, won't find another shore. This city will always pursue you. You'll walk the same street…"