The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.