τὸ δὲ μέλλον ἀκριβῶς οἶδεν οὐδεὶς θνατὸς ὅπᾳ φέρεται → but as for the future no mortal knows for certain where he is bound
anything that fastens: P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, σύνδεσμος, ὁ.
affection: P. and V. φιλία, ἡ, ἔρως, ὁ; see love.