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

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

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

Know not to revere human things too much.

The words of truth are simple.