αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
P. and V. ἐπιμελής (Sophocles, Fragment).
cautious: P. εὐλαβής.
