Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.
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.
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.