That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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.