A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
Tis you, alone, can save, or give my doom.