To lay down one's life for the truth.
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?
Everything in Rome has its price.
Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.
Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]
For the short-lived bloom and contracted span of brief and wretched life is fast fleeting away! While we are drinking and calling for garlands, ointments, and women, old age steals swiftly on with noiseless step.
The noiseless foot of Tune steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.
Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.
Wisdom triumphs over chance.
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]
A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan.
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame.
The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.
Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]
Astrology reveals the will of the gods.
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