In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.
Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.
Obscurity brings safety.