"The gods have woven misery into mortal lives, that there might be songs for men to come."

"And bid your handmaids to do their work. But stories concern men, all men, but especially me, for mine is the power in the house."

"For a man may be a fool and not know it."

"Necessity demands our daily bread; Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

"Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth."