Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Haste is blind and improvident.
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue