| 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. | 1 |
| Æs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit—A slight debt makes a man your debtor; a heavier one, your enemy. | 2 |
| 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. | 3 |
| Beneficium accipere libertatem vendere est—To accept a favour is to forfeit liberty. | 4 |
| Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat—A chaste wife acquires an influence over her husband by obeying him. | 5 |
| Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum—From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own. | 6 |
| Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas—It is more easy to obtain an accession of dignity than to acquire it in the first instance. | 7 |
| Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra—Many things fall between the cup and the lip. | 8 | | |
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