There is no evil as terrible as a woman.
Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.
Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.