Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Better to suffer than to die.

Sensible people find nothing useless.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.