In war the first casualty is the truth.
Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Honor modesty more than your life.
Excessive fear is always powerless.
[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.