Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
The half is greater than the whole.
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.