“I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.”

“I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds my future.”

“I don't know what my future holds, but I do know who holds my future.”

“A small rock holds back a great wave.”

“Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.”

“Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you.As there are no trustworthy oaths between men and lions,nor wolves and lambs have spirit that can be brought to agreementbut forever these hold feelings of hate for each other,so there can be no love between you and me, nor shall there beoaths between us, but one or the other must fall before thento glut with his blood Ares the god who fights under the shield's guard.”

“[B]ut it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals.The sinews no longer hold the flesh and the bones together,and once the spirit has let the white bones, all the restof the body is made subject to the fire's strong fury,but the soul flitters out like a dream and flies away.”