You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.