“Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.”
“Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.”
“Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.”
“Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.”
“Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.”
“Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.”
“As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.”
“I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.”
“Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.”
“Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.”
“Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.”
“The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.”
“Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.”
“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”
“Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.”
“Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.”
“All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.”
“Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.”
“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”
“It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art.”
“Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.”
“I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.”
“All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.”