He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves

The belly has no ears.

Nor is drunkenness censured for anything so much as its intemperate and endless talk.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.