It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
The judgment of the world stands upon matter of fortune.
As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it
Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions.
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.