Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.
What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
Be gentle with the young.