Runners are poor walkers.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.
They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.
All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.