Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin.

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

Best is the man who thinks for himself.