Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.

Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.