Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.