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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Labertius

Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris—As you do to others, you may expect another to do to you.

Æs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit—A slight debt makes a man your debtor; a heavier one, your enemy.

Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias—Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew he may one day become your enemy.

Beneficium accipere libertatem vendere est—To accept a favour is to forfeit liberty.

Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat—A chaste wife acquires an influence over her husband by obeying him.

Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum—From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.

Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas—It is more easy to obtain an accession of dignity than to acquire it in the first instance.

Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra—Many things fall between the cup and the lip.