The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
The reward of suffering is experience
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.