The covetous are always in want.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.
Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.