If You Say Hard Things You Must

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.

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

Food Of Acheron. (grave.) [lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]

What You Lend Is Lost; When You Ask For It Back, You May Find A Friend Made An Enemy By Your Kindness. If You Begin To Press Him Further, You Have The Choice Of Two Things - Either To Lose Your Loan Or Lose Your Friend.

For Nobody Is Curious, Who Isn't Malevolent.