 Familiarity breeds contempt. |
| If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. |
| The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. |
| We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. |
| The gods help them that help themselves. |
| Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. |
| Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
| Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. |
| Appearances are often deceiving. |
| Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. |
| Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. |
