Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.
The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus.
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.