ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities..

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another..

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water..

Time, waxing old, doth all things purify..

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality..

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing..

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god..

For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them..

Old men are always young enough to learn with profit..

But from the good health of the mind comes that which is dear to all and the object of prayer-happiness..

To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile..

Art is far feebler than necessity..

Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end..

It is always in season for old men to learn..

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof..

Time cleanses what it touches over time..

It is always the season for the old to learn..

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired..

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin..

. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors..

The man whose authority is recent is always stern..