Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Ones oldest friend is the best.

Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

The bell never rings of itself; unless someone swings it, it is dumb.

The bargain is not a bargain, or what was not a bargain is a bargain, just as you please.

He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors.

Lat., Victor victorum cluet.

No human blessing lasts forever.

How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!

Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

After all, what is money apart from what it can buy?

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.

He giveth too late who waits till he is asked to give.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.