When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear..

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight..

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist..

Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great: That ample urn holds all men's names..

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness..

He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish..

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire..

He's arm'd without that's innocent within; Be this thy Screen, and this thy Wall of Brass..

Books have their destinies..

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned..

He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point ..

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.].

Life gives nothing to man without labor..

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful..

Plant no other tree before the vine..

Riches either serve or govern the possessor..

I wrap myself up in virtue. [Lat., Mea virtute me involvo.].

God made not pleasures for the rich alone..

It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage. [Lat., Tempus abire tibi….

A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried..

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit..