There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

I bend, but I do not break.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.