No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).

Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.

Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.

Youth holds no society with grief.

If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.