Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.
They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]
That you may be beloved, be amiable.
May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.]
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.
Few love what they may have.
Nothing aids which may not also injure us. Fire serves us well, but he who plots to burn His neighbor's roof arms his hands with fire.
If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.
Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.
That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.
It is ill to marry in the month of May.
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
An injury may prove a blessing.
The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.