From his tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey.

Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly.

The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.

Young people are thoughtless as a rule.

I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.

Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.