Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

A man may be outlawed for the sake of a fish net he has never seen.

Women can do nothing that has permanence.

It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.

It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be.

There is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true.

He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.