Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.