14 quotes found
“Once a wolf, always a wolf.”
“Much wants more and loses all.”
“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“The value is in the worth, not in the number.”
“Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool”
“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
“Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.”
“All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.”
“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”
“I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.”
“The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?”
“I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.”
“United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.”
