On Him Who Wields Power Gently, The

Courage! Suffering, When It Climbs Highest, Lasts Not Long.

For The Lips Of Zeus Do Not Know How To Lie, But Bring To Fulfilment Every Word.

Only One Accomplishment Is Beyond Both The Power And The Mercy Of The Gods. They Cannot Make The Past As Though It Had Never Been.

Do Not Kick Against The Pricks.

The Holy Heaven Yearns To Wound The Earth, And Yearning Layeth Hold On The Earth To Join In Wedlock; The Rain, Fallen From The Amorous Heaven, Impregnates The Earth, And It Bringeth Forth For Mankind The Food Of Flocks And Herds And Demeter's Gifts; And From That Moist Marriage-rite The Woods Put On Their Bloom.