The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.
There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.
Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.