Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
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.
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.