Demosth. de Cor. 258. The sentiment finds various expression in ancient writers e.g. Euripides, in a fragment of the lost “Ægeus,” Κατθανεῖν δ᾽ ὀφείλεται καὶ τῷ κατ᾽ οἴκους ἐκτὸς ἡμένῳ πόνων and Propertius El. III. 10. “Ille licet ferro cautus se condat et œre, Mors tamen inclusum protrahit inde caput.”