Iliad 23.315–318
Nestor to Antilochus before the chariot race
μήτι τοι δρυτόμος μέγʼ ἀμείνων ἠὲ βίηφι·
μήτι δʼ αὖτε κυβερνήτης ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ
νῆα θοὴν ἰθύνει ἐρεχθομένην ἀνέμοισι·
μήτι δʼ ἡνίοχος περιγίγνεται ἡνιόχοιο.
By cunning, a woodcutter does far better than by force;
by cunning, too, a helmsman on the wine-dark sea
keeps a swift ship straight though winds batter it;
and by cunning one charioteer surpasses another.