When The Mischief Is Done The Door

The Only Gain From The Friendship Of The Great Is A Fine Dinner.

The Thirst For Fame Is Much Greater Than That For Virtue; For Who Would Embrace Virtue Itself If You Take Away Its Rewards? [lat., Tanto Major Famae Sitis Est Quam Virtutis: Quis Enim Virtutem Amplectitur Ipsam Praemia Se Tollas.]

The Gods Alone Know, What Kind Of Wife A Man Will Have.

To Gain A Livelihood At The Expense Of All That Makes Life Worth The Having.

Trust To A Plank, Draw Precarious Breath, At Most Seven Inches From The Jaws Of Death.