Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.

The impartial earth opens alike for the child of the pauper and the king.

For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.