A word to the wise is sufficient
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's house. [Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest, Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.