It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat., Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem.].

Virtue is the highest reward. Virtue truly goes before all things. Liberty, safety, life, property, parents, country, and children are protected and ….

There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.].

In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.].

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. Sa….

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.].

Modesty should accompany youth..

Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety..

No blessing lasts forever..

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound..

It is well for one to know more than he says..

As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry..

The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none..

Laws are subordinate to custom..

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is..

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days..

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's house. [Lat., Hospes nul….

Wine is a cunning wrestler..

Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!.

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?.

Let deeds match words..