Resist the beginnings.
Don't be frightened at high-sounding words.
The best things are the first to perish.
If he should ask for wine, box his ears.
Anyone can fancy his bed as a palace.
It is one thing to boast, another to fight.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow.
When had comes, have is too late.
An unguarded speech reveals the truth.
It would be clear enough even to a blind man.
Providence has not entirely deserted us.
Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills.
A precipice in front of you, and wolves behind you; that is life.
Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire.
