“Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.”

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

To snatch the worm from the trap.

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.

A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

The gods play games with men as balls.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In everything the middle road is best.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.

The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

She’s the one that is always there, the one that carried you inside and gave you life.

FREE animals of the jungle/air/sea/mountains are called ‘wild’, ‘savage’, ‘vicious’, ‘beasts’ who defend themselves and their own territories from greedy

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable.

If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.

You are a beautiful rose, and strong like a mountain. So don’t let anyone rob you of your petals, and take away your colors that you hold so dear, next to your beating heart.

Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.