Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.