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.
It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.