He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift.
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.