It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.
The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.