"Always the same, your wary turn of mind,"
Athena exclaimed, her glances flashing warmly.
"That’s why I can’t forsake you in your troubles –
you are so winning, so worldly-wise, so self-possessed."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 13, lines 374-377. Athena remarks that Odysseus has not changed and still has his cunning intelligence. The loyal goddess promises that she won’t abandon him now during his troubles with the suitors.