Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. [Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo pati.]

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. [Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]

All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]

He carried and nourished in his breast a snake, tender-hearted against his own interest. [Lat., Colubram sustulit Sinuque fovet, contra se ipse misericors.]