It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

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.

Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.