Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.
Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged - the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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.