“How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!”

“...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.”

“Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile”

“He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.”

“Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given...”

“Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.”

“Upon my word, just see how mortal men always put the blame on us gods! We are the source of evil, so they say - when they have only their own madness to think if their miseries are worse than they ought to be.”