If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused. Anon.
If you would slip into a round hole, you must make a ball of yourself. George Eliot.
If you would succeed, you must not be too good. It. Pr.
If you would understand an author, you must understand his age. Goethe.
If you would work any man, know his nature 45 and fashions, and so lead him. Bacon.
If your mind and its affections be pure, and sincere, and moderate, nothing shall have the power to enslave you. Thomas à Kempis.
If your wife is short, stoop to her. Pr.
Ignavis semper feriæ sunt—To the indolent every day is a holiday. Pr.
Ignavissimus quisque, et, ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimio verbis et lingua ferox—Every recreant, who, as experience has proved, will fly in the hour of danger, is the most boastful in his words and language afterwards. Tacit.
Ignavum fucos pecus a præsepibus arcent—They 50 (the bees) drive from their hives the drones, a lazy pack. Virg.