Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.