to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
you must not use wood to put out the fire.
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.