Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.