If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.