Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.
Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The arrows are from her dowry.
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.