There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
Whom the gods love dies young.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.