Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
The man is either crazy or he is a poet.
In giving advice I advise you, be short.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.