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.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.