The burden which is well borne becomes light.
— Ovid
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Time is the devourer of all things.
Daring is not safe against daring men.
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
An evil life is a kind of death.
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
Venus favors the bold.
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
Envy aims very high.
Time is generally the best doctor.
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Time, the devourer of all things.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.
Bear patiently with a rival.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
You will go most safely in the middle.
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
