For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.