A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

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

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

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