Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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.
I suspect that hunger was my mother.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.