Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.

For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

That least pleases us which is most urged on us.

It is best to know the worst at once.