"One thing I know for sure is that I know nothing for sure. This is the source of my wisdom." —Socrates

"Praise none too much, for all are fickle." —George Herbert

"Why do you need worldly things to define you? Why do you need a rank or a status to tell others who you are?" —Donna Lynn Hope

"Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you." —Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

"I am terrified by this dark thing

That sleeps in me;

All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its

Malignity." —Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"The truth is this:

Every monster

You have met

or ever will meet

was once a human being

with a soul

that was soft

and light

as silk.

Someone stole

that silk from their soul

and turned them

into this.

So when you see

a monster next,

always remember this.

Do not fear

the thing before you.

Fear the thing

that created it

instead." —The Truth About Monsters, Nikita Gill

"What you seek you shall never find.

For when the gods made man,

They kept immortality for themselves.

Fill your belly.

Day and night make merry.

Let days be full of joy.

Love the child who holds your hand.

Let your wife delight in your embrace.

For these alone are the concerns of man." —The Epic of Gilgamesh