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| Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas—Honesty is often goaded to ruin. | 1 |
| Amittit famam qui se indignis comparat—He loses repute who compares himself with unworthy people. | 2 |
| Amittit merito proprium, qui alienum appetit—He who covets what is another’s, deservedly loses what is his own. (Moral of the fable of the dog and the shadow). | 3 |
| Atrocitatis mansuetudo est remedium—Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty. | 4 |
| Cautis pericla prodesse aliorum solent—Prudent people are ever ready to profit from the experiences of others. | 5 |
| Covetousness is rich, while modesty goes barefoot. | 6 |
| Dominus videt plurimum in rebus suis—The master sees best in his own affairs. | 7 |
| Ego primam tollo, nominor quoniam Leo—I carry off the first share because my name is Lion. In the fable of the lion a-hunting with weaker companions. | 8 |
| Est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor—Covetousness is rich, while modesty is poor. | 9 |
| Fictis meminerit nos jocari fabulis—Be it remembered that we are amusing you with tales of fiction. | 10 |
| Formosos sæpe inveni pessimos, / Et turpi facie multos cognovi optimos—I have often found good-looking people to be very base, and I have known many ugly people most estimable. | 11 |
| Fructu non foliis arborem æstima—Judge of a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves. | 12 |
| Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens—Out of breath for nothing, making much ado about nothing. | 13 |
| Habent insidias hominis blanditiæ mali—Under the fair words of a bad man there lurks some treachery. | 14 |
| Hominem quæro—I am in quest of a man. After Diogenes. | 15 |
| Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet—A learned man has always riches in himself. | 16 |
| Humanitati qui se non accommodat, / Plerumque pœnas oppetit superbiæ—He who does not conform to courtesy generally pays the penalty of his haughtiness. | 17 |
| Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident—The humble are in danger when those in power disagree. | 18 |
| Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati—That only brings disgrace on a man which he has deserved to suffer. | 19 |
| In principatu commutando, civium / Nil præter domini nomen mutant pauperes—In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master’s name. | 20 |
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| Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit—An incapable man who attempts to imitate a capable is sure to come to grief. | 21 |
| Laus magna natis obsequi parentibus—Great praise is the meed of children who respect the wishes of their parents. | 22 |
| Mecum facile redeo in gratiam—I easily recover my good-will myself. | 23 |
| Nil spernat auris, nec tamen credat statim—Let the ear despise nothing, nor yet be too ready to believe. | 24 |
| Nisi utile est quod facias, stulta est gloria—Unless what we do is useful, our glorying is vain. | 25 |
| Nunquam est fidelis cum potente societas—An alliance with a powerful man is never safe. | 26 |
| O quanta species cerebrum non habet!—Oh, that such beauty should be devoid of brains! | 27 |
| Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas; / Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit. / Alienis ante pectus suspendit gravem—Jupiter has laid two wallets on us; he has placed one behind our backs filled with our own faults, and has hung another before, heavy with the faults of other people. | 28 |
| Periculosum est credere et non credere; / Ergo exploranda est veritas, multum prius / Quam stulta prave judicet sententia—It is equally dangerous to believe and to disbelieve; therefore search diligently into the truth rather than suffer an erroneous impression to pervert your judgment. | 29 |
| Plus vetustis nam favet / Invidia mordax, quam bonis præsentibus—Stinging envy is more merciful to good things that are old than such as are new. | 30 |
| Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuit, / Etiamsi verum dicit, amittit fidem—Whoever has once been detected in a shameful fraud is not believed even if he speak the truth. | 31 |
| Re secunda fortis, dubia fugax—In prosperity courageous, in danger timid. | 32 |
| Regnare nolo, liber ut non sim mihi—I would not be a king and forfeit my liberty. | 33 |
| Sæpe ingenia calamitate intercidunt—Genius often goes to waste through misfortune. | 34 |
| Sua cuique quum sit animi cogitatio, / Colorque proprius—Since each man has a way of his own of thinking, and a peculiar temper. | 35 |
| Sua quisque exempla debet æquo animo pati—Every one ought to bear patiently with what is after his own example. | 36 |
| Success tempts many to their ruin. | 37 |
| Varietas delectat—Variety is charming. | 38 |
| Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam / Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui—A fellow who brags of his prowess and is devoid of courage, imposes on strangers but is the jest of those who know him. | 39 |
| Witticisms please as long as we keep them within bounds, but pushed to excess they cause offence. | 40 |
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