According to the state of a man’s conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.
As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.
Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack.
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well.
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above.
If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.
There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.
The judge’s duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man’s acts are not worth the expense.
A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands.
The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.