“Reason is God's crowning gift to man, and you are rightTo warn me against losing mine. I cannot say—I hope that I shall never want to say!— that youHave reasoned badly. Yet there are other menWho can reason, too; and their opinions might be helpful.You are not in a position to know everythingThat people say or do, or what they feel:Your temper terrifies them—everyoneWill tell you only what you like to hear.”

“May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles”

“You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.”

“Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.”

“Evil gains work their punishment.”

“Hail the sun! the brightest of all that everDawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes!Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's riverRising to speed the flight of the white invaders Homeward in full retreat!" - Chorus”

“May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene”

“I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon”

“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon”

“There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry”

“Closer, it’s all right. Touch the man of grief.Do. Don’t be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them.”