Careful Words

Hercules (?.)

Let Hercules himself do what he may,

The cat will mew and dog will have his day.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 1.

  From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules."

Plutarch (46(?)-120(?) a d): Life of Theseus.

My father's brother, but no more like my father

Than I to Hercules.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.