If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
Little friends may prove great friends.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
It is easy to despise what you cannot get