It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
It is much easier to begin than to end.
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.