He who fears to wet his feet must not expect to catch fish.
There are those who prefer sweet lies to bitter truths. Prefer to the former, the latter.
Take care not to be like the little birds, who deceived by the color of the shepherds’ snare, fell into the danger they wished to avoid.
They say that love is confusion, but seeing so many thus confused, it is to be inferred that the confusing moral consequence of this confusion must be very sweet.
One day of a wise man’s life is more valuable than the entire life time of a fool.
Virtue is not complete if wisdom is wanting.