The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.