That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

It is best to know the worst at once.

If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

I suspect that hunger was my mother.