He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")