Opportunity is lost by deliberation.
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!