Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.