For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent..

All men love themselves..

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase..

Man proposes, God disposes..

Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire..

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism..

There are games in which it is better to lose than win..

The gods play games with men as balls..

How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done! [Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!].

The evil that we know is best..

'He means well' is useless unless he does well..

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire..

It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand..

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will..

Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable. [Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.].

He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment. [Lat., Quem dii diligunt, Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sen….

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness..

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have th….

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice..

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain..

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.