A handsome person, with perverted will, is a fine craft that's handled without skill

A joke without a point, inane and bald, itself a joke on joking may be called

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life; But ask the gods to give you an enduring heart

A chaste woman ought not to dye her hair yellow

A woman is necessarily an evil, and he is a lucky man who catches her in the mildest form

Marriage, if truth be told (of this be sure), An evil is - but one we must endure

On the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood

Let not your friend your cherished secrets hear; Then, if you quarrel, you've no cause to fear