A Wise Man In His House Should

The Life Of Men Is Painful.

When Love Is In Excess, It Brings A Man No Honor, No Worthiness.

A Wise Man In His House Should Find A Wife Gentle And Courteous, Or No Wife At All.

Human Misery Must Somewhere Have A Stop; There Is No Wind That Always Blows A Storm; Great Good Fortune Comes To Failure In The End. All Is Change; All Yields Its Place And Goes; To Persevere, Trusting In What Hopes He Has, Is Courage In A Man. The Coward Despairs.

The Gods Have Sent Medicines For The Venom Of Serpents, But There Is No Medicine For A Bad Woman. She Is More Noxious Than The Viper, Or Than Fire Itself.