Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

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.

Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.

No blessing lasts forever.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.