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To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in ...more

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In childbirth grief begins.

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Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

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Who can stop grief's avalanche once it starts to roll.

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Of all creatures that can feel and think,we women are the worst treated things alive

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Old loves are dropped when new ones come

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Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

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Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

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O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature ...more