Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
We risk all in being too greedy.
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
In everything we ought to look at the end.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.