Do not turn back when you are just at the goal..

The empire of custom is most mighty..

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present..

To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss..

He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage..

Friendship is stronger than kindred..

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it..

The losing side is full of suspicion..

When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig..

In quarreling, the truth is always lost..

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion..

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor..

Prosperity has no power over adversity..

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it..

It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it..

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted..

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear..

It is a bad plan that cannot be altered..

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay..

Look for a tough wedge for a tough log..