The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
Man has been lent, not given, to life.
A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.
The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.
The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others
The poor lack much, the greedy everything.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
When reason rules, money is a blessing.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Money should be mastered, not served.
It is sometimes wise to forget who we are.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.
God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.
It is better to arouse envy than pity.
There is no medicine to cure hatred.
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
Discord gives a relish for concord.
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.
He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.
For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Confidence is the only bond of friendship.
A pleasant traveling companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
Love, like a tear, rises in the eye and falls upon the breast.
In quarreling, the truth is always lost.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.