Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.

The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden, the beauty and fragrance of which the owner allows others to enjoy only at a distance, and through iron walls.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.