Nothing is achieved without toil.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.