It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

Wine is a cunning wrestler.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's house. [Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest, Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.

It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.

In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

It is easy to rule over the good.