Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
Cats know not how to pardon.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
The argument of the strongest is always the best.