It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

To keep up as good a cuisine as your father.

The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.

To lay down one's life for the truth.

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.