It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
Nothing is swifter than our years.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.
Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished.
Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.
God himself helps those who dare.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]
Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.
Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.
There is no small pleasure in pure water.
There is a deity within us who breathes that divine fire by which we are animated.
It is ill to marry in the month of May.
Temporis ars medicina fere est. Time is generally the best medicine.
I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.
He who can simulate sanity will be sane.
Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing.
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
Keep a mid course between two extremes.
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
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