It Is Best To Know The Worst

Who Wishes To Give Himself An Abundance Of Business Let Him Equip These Two Things, A Ship And A Woman. For No Two Things Involve More Business, If You Have Begun To Fit Them Out. Nor Are These Two Things Ever Sufficiently Adorned, Nor Is Any Excess Of Adornment Enough For Them.

There Are Games In Which It Is Better To Lose Than Win.

One Eye-witness Is Of More Weight Than Ten Hearsays. Those Who Hear, Speak Of Shat They Have Heard; Whose Who See, Know Beyond Mistake. [lat., Pluris Est Oculatus Testis Unus, Quam Auriti Decem. Qui Audiunt, Audita Dicunt; Qui Vident, Plane Sciunt.]

A Woman Finds It Much Easier To Do Ill Than Well. [lat., Mulieri Nimio Male Facere Melius Est Onus, Quam Bene.]

He Is A Friend Indeed Who Proves Himself A Friend In Need.