"Ὣς οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον οὐδὲ παρελθεῖν."

"Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death."

"Ὅς κε γάμον φεύγων καὶ μέρμερα ἔργα γυναικῶν μὴ γῆμαι ἐθέλῃ, ὀλοὸν δ᾽ ἐπὶ γῆρας ἵκοιτο χήτεϊ γηροκόμοιο."

"On the tongue of such an one they shed a honeyed dew, and from his lips drop gentle words."

"Γλώσσης τοι θησαυρὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἄριστος φειδωλῆς."

"Ἠδ᾽ Ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, λυσιμελής, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον κ…"

"Γαστέρες οἶον."

"He is the best of all who thinks for himself in all things. He, too, is good who takes advice from a wiser (person). …"

"We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."

"Ἔνθα δὲ Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἐρεμνῆς οἰκί᾽ ἔχουσιν, Ὕπνος καὶ Θάνατος, δεινοὶ θεοί"