It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.