What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.

The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.