It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.
No one reaches a high position without daring.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as poverty of what it has not.