The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.

For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by night.

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.

In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.

Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

The fool knows after he has suffered.