1. There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.
The Charioteer
2. It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.
The Persian Boy
3. It was his nature to believe anything, before he would believe he could be wrong.
The Bull from the Sea
4. That, I said, is the business of the gods, who made us. Yes, but for what? We ought to be good for it, whatever it is. How can we live, until we know? I gazed at him; such desperate words, yet he looked all lit from within. He saw I was paying attention; that was enough to draw him on.
The Bull from the Sea
