A word once uttered can never be recalled.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.