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.

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.

To make any gain some outlay is necessary.

Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.