The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.

Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

The laws of a state change with the changing times.