He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.
It is much easier to begin than to end.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
To snatch the worm from the trap.
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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.