Flame is very near to smoke.
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.