"The gods are always with us."

"It is the lot of man to suffer, and the best of men to suffer most."

"But among the blessed immortals uncontrollable laughter went up as they saw Hephaestos bustling about the palace."

"There is nothing more wretched than a man who wanders all over the earth."

"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."