A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.
Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.