Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.

I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

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

Simple is the speech of truth.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

The best by far is to marry in one's own rank.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.