Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

Those who covet much suffer from the want.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.