Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
Sometimes even excellent Homer nods.
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
Gold will be slave or master.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.