Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
That’s a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
Not every age is fit for childish sports.
Worthy things happen to the worthy.
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
I suspect that hunger was my mother.