Vai-te, vai-te, e te distrai entre as criadas de tua mãe, e ali cuida de teus cabelos e de tuas mãos, mais preparadas para enrolar os macios fios de … - Miguel de Cervantes

[W]omen are born with the obligation to obey their husbands even if they're fools.

Fate anche in modo che, leggendo la vostra storia, il malinconico rida e il gaio lo diventi ancora di più, l’ignorante non si annoi e il colto ne ammiri l’ingegno, il serio non la disprezzi e il saggio non manchi di lodarla.

But to give him anything to drink was impossible, or would have been so had not the landlord bored a reed, and putting one end in his mouth poured the wine into him through the other; all which he bore with patience rather than sever the ribbons of his helmet.