Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.
The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are going to become a philosopher.