Common Sense Among Men Of Fortune Is

The Short Bloom Of Our Brief And Narrow Life Flies Fast Away. While We Are Calling For Flowers And Wine And Women, Old Age Is Upon Us. [lat., Festinat Enim Decurrere Velox Flosculus Angustae Miseraeque Brevissima Vitae Portico; Dum Bibimus Dum Sera Unguenta Puellas Poscimus Obrepit Non Intellecta Senectus.]

The Skilful Class Of Flatterers Praise The Discourse Of An Ignorant Friend And The Face Of A Deformed One.

The Dowry, Not The Wife, Is The Object Of Attraction.

Many Commit The Same Crimes With A Very Different Result. One Bears A Cross For His Crime; Another A Crown.

Trust Not To Outward Show. [lat., Fronti Nulla Fides.]