To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
A word to the wise is sufficient
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.
He whom the Gods love dies young.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.