We may with advantage at times forget what we know.
Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.
Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.
Union gives strength to the humble.
The wretched reflect either too much or too little.
The little vices of the great must needs be accounted very great.
Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.
Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?
Give your friend cause to blush, and you will be likely to lose him.
Excessive severity misses its own aim.
He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.
Man has been lent, not given, to life.
Look for a tough wedge for a tough log.
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?
It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
An end to our getting is the only end to our losses.