Courage in danger is half the battle.
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.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.