καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
Κλωθώ, -οῦς, ἡ.
Clōthō: (apparently used only in nom. and acc.), = Κλωθώ>,
I the spinner, among the three Parcœ, Ov. F. 6, 757; id. Ib. 241; Juv. 9, 135: ferrea, Stat. Th. 3, 556.—
II Trop. = vita, life: longa, Sil. 5, 404.