Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Better to suffer than to die.

You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.