Simonides, Fragment 522 (Stobaeus, Extracts)

“All things—including great virtues and wealth—meet a single, invincible Charybdis.”

πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,

αἱ μεγάλαι τ᾿ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.