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

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.

Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.

Content to follow when we lead the way.

The Grecian ladies counted their age from their marriage, not their birth.

The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain.

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.