Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men.