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.
If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.
Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.