In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.

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

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. [Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum est.]

Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]