The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them.
A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.
But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.
Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.
Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises.