The lucky person passes for a genius.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?
Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.