With little loan you get a friend, with big loan an enemy.

The swiftest despatch seems slow to desire.

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

The friendship that can come to an end, never really began.

Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy.