μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
dulco: ātus, āre, 1, v. a. id.,I to sweeten (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 5, 4; id. Carm. 2, 105.
dulcō, āre (dulcis), tr., adoucir : Sid. Ep. 5, 4.