If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.
In love there are two evils: war and peace.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.