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.

Modesty should accompany youth.

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Feast today makes fast tomorrow

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.