I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man's heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey.
I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.
Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it.
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.