It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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.
To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.