Those things are past, undone they cannot be,
But what's to come watch thou with anxious care. (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν, ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι
ἀργά· τὰ δ᾿ ἐξοπίσω, τῶν φυλακὴ μελέτω.
ἀργά· τὰ δ᾿ ἐξοπίσω, τῶν φυλακὴ μελέτω.
Original text (Ancient Greek)