Homer

"Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another."

"For you are goddesses, inside on everything, know everything. But we mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all."

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."

"To him who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear."

"The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it." - The Iliad

"As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity.
The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning.
So one generation of men will grow while another dies."
- The Iliad

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends." - The Odyssey