A Muse came to me as I read these xeets and spoke thus:

ἐν γήρᾳ ἐγένου ὡς σφήξ, πικρός τε κακός τε
παντά, γερόν, κεντρῶν, παιδία οὐδέ φιλῶν

“You have become like a wasp in old age, bitter and wicked,
“Stinging everything, old man, and loving not your children.”