To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.