Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.