Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
Where there are friends there is wealth.
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.