Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.