And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.

The potter is at enmity with the potter.

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

You trust a thief when you trust a woman.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.