If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

It is easy to rule over the good.

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.