Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.