"There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye to eye, true husband and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends."

"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."

"We men are wretched things, and the gods, who have no cares themselves, have woven sorrow into the very pattern of our lives...Zeus the Thunderer has two jars standing on the floor of his palace, in w…"

"The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death."

"A wicked crew betrayed me—they and a cruel sleep."