Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.