For the mighty, even to give away is grace.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.