Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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.
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.