It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
Better to suffer than to die.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
The strongest passion is fear.
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.