It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

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 the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.