The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?
Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.
Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")
Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.
Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.