HIPPOLYTUS
So may I turn the post set at life's end
even as I began the race.
Servant
King—for I will not call you "Master/* that belongs
to the Gods only—will you take good advice?
Hippolytus
Certainly I will take good advice. I am not a fool. 90
Servant
In men's communities one rule holds good,
do you know it, King?
Hippolytus
Not I. What is this rule?
Servant
Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be
the friend of every man.
Hippolytus
And rightly too:
For haughty heart breeds arrogant demeanor.
Servant
And affability wins favor, then? 95
Hippolytus
Abundant favor. Aye, and profit, too,
at little cost of trouble.
Servant
Do you think
that it's the same among the Gods in Heaven?
Hippolytus
If we in our world and the Gods in theirs
know the same usages—Yes.