Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

How great in number are the little minded men

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Ones oldest friend is the best.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

He whom the gods favor dies in youth

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing