In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.
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.
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
What else goes wrong for a woman-except her marriage?
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.