To err from the right path is common to mankind.

Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs.

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.

The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear.

Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.