She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it was love and int desire which steals the mind even of the wise.

The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.

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.

There is not any advantage to be won from grim lamentation.

Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.

Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes