Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

If you are not envied, you are not enviable.

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

Even the old should learn.

The field of doom bears death as its harvest.