“CLYTEMNESTRAWhat ails thee, raising this ado for us?SLAVEI say the dead are come to slay the living.”

“Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal.”

“Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.”

“Call no man happy till he is dead.”

“Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.”

“It's not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath”

“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”