Most virtue lies between two vices.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
Not worth is an example that does not solve the problem.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.