Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
Who wishes to give himself an abundance of business let him equip these two things, a ship and a woman. For no two things involve more business, if you have begun to fit them out. Nor are these two things ever sufficiently adorned, nor is any excess of adornment enough for them.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.