Try As One May, It Is Impossible

Familiarity Breeds Contempt.

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.

Better A Long Life Of Toil Than A Short One Of Ease.

Obscurity Brings Safety.

Forbear Harping On What Was Of Yore, For It Is The Common Lot Of Mortals To Sustain The Ups And Downs Of Fortune.