Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)

Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.

Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.