An injury may prove a blessing.
Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.