The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand
I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Do not believe hastily.
The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
First try all other means, but if the wound Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean From the diseased the canker spread.
The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
The gods have their own rules.
The result proves the wisdom of the act.
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth. [Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.]
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
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