O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

Little wealth, little care.

Little wealth, little care.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

One day unfolds it and one day destroys.

One day unfolds it and one day destroys.