He can do most who has most power..

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell..

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my da….

Enemies carry a report in form different from the original..

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably..

A mouse does not rely on just one hole..

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud..

To snatch the worm from the trap..

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead..

Courage is its own reward..

He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve..

No man is wise enough by himself..

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture..

Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls..

He whom the Gods love dies young..

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need..

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception..

Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. ….

It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master's doing..

If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most..

It well becomes a young man to be modest..