Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Never travel by sea when you can go by land.

Speak briefly and to the point.

Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband's private mill.

Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.