The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow..

Necessity is stronger far than art..

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief ….

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things..

O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse..

The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus..

Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom..

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy..

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be..

Call no man happy till he is dead..

Wisdom cometh by suffering..

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause..

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.

The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things..

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness..

The words of truth are simple..

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain..

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray..

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all..

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passe….

Time waxing old can many a lesson teach..