Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

Adversity makes men remember God

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.]