Content to follow when we lead the way.

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

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.