Odyssey 18.132–135

οὐ μὲν γάρ ποτέ φησι κακὸν πείσεσθαι ὀπίσσω,

ὄφρʼ ἀρετὴν παρέχωσι θεοὶ καὶ γούνατʼ ὀρώρῃ·

ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ καὶ λυγρὰ θεοὶ μάκαρες τελέσωσι,

καὶ τὰ φέρει ἀεκαζόμενος τετληότι θυμῷ·

A man never thinks he will suffer evil later

so long as the gods afford him strength and his knees spring beneath him.

But when the blessed gods bring troubles to completion,

he bears those too, unwilling, with an enduring spirit.