Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.
When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.