μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός, P. ἀρχαιότροπος, ἕωλος.
talk of hackneyed things: P. ἀρχαιολογεῖν.
