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Consider that there is no place without a [hidden] witness.

No wise man has ever put faith in a traitor.

Our greatest gains are made by sparing what we possess [i.e., by economy].

Crimes are most easily concealed in the midst of a crowd.

He is never happy whose thoughts always run with his fears.

No danger incurred, no danger repelled.

You can never give enough to satisfy unlawful expectations.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

Where a fire has long burned there is always some smoke.

The worst danger is that which is concealed.

Who knows how great are the secret pangs of conscience?

How long is life to the wretched, how short for the happy!

The kind attentions of the wife, speedily gender disgust for the concubine.

Opportunities are easily lost, with difficulty found.

It is hard to recover the lost opportun