My Tongue Swore, But My Mind Was

It Is In Adversity That The Good Show Their Friendship Most Clearly; Prosperity Always Finds Friends.

What Anger Worse Or Slower To Abate Then Lovers Love When It Turns To Hate.

To Every Man, Even Though He Be A Slave, The Light Of Heaven Is Sweet.

To A Father Growing Old Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter.

Mankind . . . Possesses Two Supreme Blessings. First Of These Is The Goddess Demeter, Or Earth Whichever Name You Choose To Call Her By. It Was She Who Gave To Man His Nourishment Of Grain. But After Her There Came The Son Of Semele, Who Matched Her Present By Inventing Liquid Wine As His Gift To Man. For Filled With That Good Gift, Suffering Mankind Forgets Its Grief; From It Comes Sleep; With It Oblivion Of The Troubles Of The Day. There Is No Other Medicine For Misery.