A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.
When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant.
There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.
Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.
It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.
Humility neither falls far, nor heavily.
Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
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.