Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.

The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.

For men may prove and use their friends, as the poet expresses it, usque ad aras, meaning that a friend should not be required to act contrary to the law of God.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.

Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.