Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.
Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.
Do not kick against the pricks.
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.
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.