It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.