The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's house. [Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest, Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.

When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.