A crafty knave needs no broker.
Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.
Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.
The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning.
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
Sometimes even excellent Homer nods.
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.
One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions.
Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.
For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.