A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.