Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.
There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence.
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.