"Even for the gods, it is not easy to know the minds of men."

"No mortal can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born."

"The gods do not give all men all gifts."

"Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you."

"A small rock holds back a great wave."