Equanimity is calamity’s medicine.
The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.
In excess altercation, truth is lost.
With little loan you get a friend, with big loan an enemy.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.