[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.
Even the old should learn.
Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.
From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.