Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart.
"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)
I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement
Love is a kind of military service
Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.
To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.