I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris
If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.
Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
Happy the man who can count his sufferings.