Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.