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.
Practice yourself what you preach.
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. Lat.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Man proposes, God disposes.