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Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.

A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.

Anger assists hands however weak.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first.

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.

Fortune and love favour the brave.

The brave find a home in every land.

God himself favors the brave.

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. [Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.

To wish for death is a coward's part.

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.