In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

In the word of no master am I bound to believe.