Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.

They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

You trust a thief when you trust a woman.

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.