What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.