To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.

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.

It is easy to rule over the good.

Let a man who wants to find abundance of employment procure a woman and a ship: for no two things do produce more trouble if you begin to equip them; neither are these two things ever equipped enough.

Every one can remember that which has interested himself.