Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.

All sorrows are less with bread.

Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.