You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.
In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.