Even the old should learn.

[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.

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.

Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.