Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ χρηστὸς φίλος – A true friend is grief's physician.
laws: P. and V. οἱ νόμοι, V. οἱ θεσμοί (rare P.).
tables of the law: Ar. and P. κύρβεις, αἱ.