Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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.
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.