See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. It has obtained a worthy reward for its great toils; we may suppose that the bee itself would have desired such a death.