We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]