He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
Clever tyrants are never punished.