We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries.
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.
The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others