πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
κωλοπέδαι: αἱ ножные колодки или путы (Theocr. - v. l. καλοπέδιλα).
