Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!
Small minds are captivated by trifles.