Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

And woe succeeds woe.

Fear, O Achilles, the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion upon me, who am the more pitiable

Still, we will let all this be a thing of the past, though it hurts us, and beat down by constraint the anger that rises inside us. Now I am making an end of my anger. It does not become me, unrelentingly to rage on

And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.