To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

It is best to know the worst at once.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.