κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
life: P. and V. βίος, ὁ, ζωή, ἡ (Plato and Aesch., Fragment), V. ζόη, ἡ (Euripides, Hecuba 1108).
believe in the existence of the gods: P. and V. θεοὺς νομίζειν, θεοὺς ἡγεῖσθαι.
