Literal translation

detail from Archilochos monument - gives link to home page 

Heart, heart with helpless concerns disquieted,

impossible ones, against enemies then defend, engaging opposite

breast, against the shafts of your enemies stand nearby

steadfastly; and neither victorious openly glorify

nor defeated at home fall down lamenting;

but in delightful things rejoice and in vile things be vexed

not too much. Fathom out what kind of temperament men possess.

  Wild flowers on Paros island, Greece.