I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.
Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.