It is easier to begin well than to finish well..

I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.].

It is easy to rule over the good..

That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing..

Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.].

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home..

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing..

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it..

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt..

The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost..

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve..

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard..

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.].

We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.].

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries..

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight..

Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge..

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice..

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family..

Courage easily finds its own eloquence..

Where there are friends there is wealth..