Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
It is easy to kick a person when he is down.
He that has many friends, has no friends.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.