Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Among men the barber is cunning; among birds the crow; among beasts the jackal; and among women, the malin (flower girl).

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death.

A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.