It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
Character is "a stamp of good repute on a person."
Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.
When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.