Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.