As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
It is well for one to know more than he says.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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.
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.