If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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.
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.