The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.