He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.