The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself.
Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.
It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.