Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
From abundance springs satiety.