"Strange to behold, what blame these mortals can bring against godhead! For their ills, they assert, are from us, when they themselves by their mad recklessness have pain far past what is fated."

"Sons are a mother's pride and joy, but also her greatest sorrow."

"As the generations of leaves, so are those of men."

"For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!"

"There is no favor in the spear."