If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

Givers of great dinners know few enemies.

Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.

You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.