No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's house. [Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest, Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

You drown him by your talk.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

The gods play games with men as balls.

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.